Butterflies and Blooms
Dec 26, 2015
Butterflies and Blooms
egg
caterpillar
chrysalis
coming out
butterfly
In woods around the world, like Wisconsin’s Northwoods, plants provide food and shelter for lots of animals.
Wood anemone Eastern redbud Western Jacob's ladder
In exchange, insects such as butterflies, carry pollen from one plant to help plants reproduce.
Apollo butterfly
Bees eat nectar from flowers…
and catch pollen on their wings causing them to move it from one plant to another.
Honey bee
Summer
The seasons of the woods
Spring
Winter Autumn
Butterflies depend on certain plants to complete
metamorphosis.
In Wisconsin’s Northwoodsthese butterflies …
… depend on these flowers to survive.
Monarch butterfly Swamp metalmark Northern blue butterfly
Dwarf milkweed Marsh marigold Dwarf bilberry
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Great Basin Fritillary
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Violet
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Monarch Butterfly
milkweed
Sagebrush Checkerspot
Rabbit Brush