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Morphological Adaptations of a Painted Lady Butterfly

Morphological Adaptations of a Painted Lady Butterfly. By Bailey Bowers, Dan Krajewski, and Michael Ang. What is a Morphological Adaptation?. Morphology is the study of the form or structure of a living thing. Here are some examples of morphological adaptations for a Painted Lady Butterfly

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Morphological Adaptations of a Painted Lady Butterfly

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  1. Morphological Adaptations of a Painted Lady Butterfly By Bailey Bowers, Dan Krajewski, and Michael Ang

  2. What is a Morphological Adaptation? • Morphology is the study of the form or structure of a living thing. • Here are some examples of morphological adaptations for a Painted Lady Butterfly • Butterfly Wings • A caterpillar is worm-like • Butterflies can lay eggs • The legs on a caterpillar go away • Caterpillars shed their skin

  3. The Egg Stage • Hard-ridged outer layer of shell • Its called a chorion • They are lined with a thin coating of wax • Prevents eggs from drying out • Micropyles holes that let sperm in

  4. The Larva Stage • Tentacles: a pair of thin movable organs on the caterpillar used for touching/feeling. • Thoracic Legs: Used for holding food, jointed legs with hooks • Spiracles: Holes in the caterpillars side that it breathes through • Prolegs: Stumpy Legs • Disadvantage: Very Big Eater, stays near plant where it was hatched, limited movement

  5. The Pupa Stage • Cremaster: Used to attach end of butterfly ‘s pupa to a twig or other structure. Series of small hooks or a just a single larger hook, hooks to a silk pad • Chrysalis: Protective shell that caterpillar goes into for its transformation into a butterfly. • Disadvantage: cannot move very vulnerable.

  6. Adult Butterflies • Four wings covered with tiny scales • Fore wing and hind wing not hooked together for more graceful flight • Six legs, Jointed legs help it walk • Feet can stick to surfaces allowing to climb walls and stick on ceilings • Eat nectar through proboscis • Proboscis is hollow tube that can roll into the head • Compound eye gives them multiple visual receptors so the can see more things • The butterfly needs to pump blood to its wings to “inflate them” before it can fly so it is vulnerable to predators

  7. Bibliography (Websites) • "Butterfly & Caterpillar." Thematic Units. The Teachers Corner, 2011. Web. 08 Sept. 2011. <http://thematicunits.theteacherscorner.net/insect3.php>. • "Dictionary." Google. Google. Web. 08 Sept. 2011. <http://www.google.com/search?hl=en>. • "Insect Wing." Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia. Web. 08 Sept. 2011.<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Insect_wing>. • Enchanted Learning. Web. 8 Sept. 2011. <http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/butterflies/anatomy/Wings.shtml>.

  8. Bibliography (Pictures) • Painted Lady Butterfly - Vanessa Cardui. Photograph. North American Insects and Spiders / Tree Encyclopedia. Web. 08 Sept. 2011. <http://www.cirrusimage.com/butterfly_painted_lady.htm>. • "Painted Lady Butterfly; Vanessa Cardui." Butterfly Fun Facts -Educational Information about Butterflies and Moths. Web. 08 Sept. 2011.<http://www.butterflyfunfacts.com/paintedlady.php>. • Delta Education Product Search. Photograph. Inquiry-based Hands-on Science Curriculum Kits, Resources, and Supplies - Delta Education. 2011. Web. 08 Sept. 2011. <http://www.delta-education.com/productdetail.aspx?Collection=N>. • Painted Lady Butterfly Chrysalis Photo - 10kzoomfz Photos at Pbase.com. Photograph.PBase.com. Web. 08 Sept. 2011. <http://www.pbase.com/image/103730565>. • Photograph. Enchanted Learning. Web. 8 Sept. 2011.

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