Swallowtail+Butterflies+By+Kennedy

=Swallowtail Butterflies In short...they're just two-tailed butterflies! = =(Heraclides Papilionade) = =You might find it if you go to Europe, Asia or Antarctica!!! = =They mostly live in Tropical Latitudes or other Temperate areas. = = = =If you see a bright butterfly with two-tails and black and white stripes...you might be looking = =at a Swallowtail Butterfly. They live about eight to ten years and find all their food through = =their feet. =

=__Diet__ = =The Swallowtail Butterflies diet = =consists of many items...but the most common items are as follows. = =Butterflyweed,Phlox,Clover,Milkweed,Hesperps,Mexican Sunflowers, = =Thistles and Nectar = = = = = =<span style="color: rgb(106, 107, 251)"><span style="color: rgb(164, 249, 245)">__Mating__  = =<span style="color: rgb(195, 31, 239)"><span style="color: rgb(106, 107, 251)"><span style="color: rgb(164, 249, 245)">They use their wing shape __Defences__  = =<span style="color: rgb(195, 31, 239)"><span style="color: rgb(106, 107, 251)"><span style="color: rgb(164, 249, 245)">and wing color to impress They use their wings  = =<span style="color: rgb(195, 31, 239)"><span style="color: rgb(106, 107, 251)"><span style="color: rgb(164, 249, 245)">each other as camoflauge so they  = =<span style="color: rgb(195, 31, 239)"><span style="color: rgb(106, 107, 251)"><span style="color: rgb(164, 249, 245)"> can blend in.But if that  = =<span style="color: rgb(195, 31, 239)"><span style="color: rgb(106, 107, 251)"><span style="color: rgb(164, 249, 245)"> doesn't work they use a  = =<span style="color: rgb(195, 31, 239)"><span style="color: rgb(106, 107, 251)"><span style="color: rgb(164, 249, 245)"> gland behind their head  = =<span style="color: rgb(195, 31, 239)"><span style="color: rgb(106, 107, 251)"><span style="color: rgb(164, 249, 245)"> called the osmetarium to secrete  = =<span style="color: rgb(195, 31, 239)"><span style="color: rgb(106, 107, 251)"><span style="color: rgb(164, 249, 245)"> a foul smelling compound to scare away  = =<span style="color: rgb(195, 31, 239)"><span style="color: rgb(106, 107, 251)"><span style="color: rgb(164, 249, 245)"> their predators! Stay Away!!! =

=<span style="color: rgb(255, 250, 41)"> Most swallowtail butterflies = =<span style="color: rgb(255, 250, 41)">have a life-span of about eight to ten So far, scientists do not know = =<span style="color: rgb(255, 250, 41)">years.They lay only one batch of eggs... what the ancestors of swallowtail = =<span style="color: rgb(255, 250, 41)">but that batch of eggs can have hundreds butterflies are, but they're working on it. = =<span style="color: rgb(255, 250, 41)">of eggs.After the females lay their eggs they = =<span style="color: rgb(255, 250, 41)">just die. =

=<span style="color: rgb(255, 134, 36)"> Although swallowtail butterflies are fun to watch... = =<span style="color: rgb(255, 134, 36)">there are only about 190-230 left in the whole world!!! So, next time you catch a = =<span style="color: rgb(255, 134, 36)">butterfly in a jar...think of these poor guys and what you might be doing to their = =<span style="color: rgb(255, 134, 36)">population. :( :( :( =

=Citing this Source= = = =Reed,Robert D. and Sperling,Felix A.H. Copywright: 2006, www.tolweb.org/papilionade/2177/2006=

=www.wiki.answers.com/Q, Copywright:2008 Author:volunteers from wikipedia= =www.science.howstuffworks.com/butterfly.htm/printable Author:Molleman Freerk= =Copywright:2008 Published by:Butterfly Watchers Inc.= =www.publish.csiro.au/paper/ISO202.htm Author:Reink,DeJong Published by:CSIRO= =Copywright:2005= =Academic American Encyclopedia,Volume B,Butterflies and Moths Author:Alexander B= =Klots Published by:Grolier Incorperated Copywright:1996=

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