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Butterfly 

Traits: Adults have four large wings with powderlike scales; large, compound eyes, long antennae with clubs at the tips, and a tubelike mouth that coils up when not in use.

Habitat: Adults use a variety of habitats. Larvae can live only on certain plants.

Foods: Adults eat flower nectar. Larvae eat plant leaves, fruit, stems, or roots.

Eaten by: Warblers, flycatchers, ground beetles, wasps, dragonflies

Do You Know? Larvae form a chrysalis for pupation.

Special thanks to the ADF&G Division of Wildlife Conservation.

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