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🐝 Insects and Bugs

Butterfly facts for kids

Where the butterfly lives, what it eats, the sound it makes and a fun fact. Tap Tell me! and Buzzby reads it out loud.

🏠 Where does the butterfly live?
Gardens, meadows and forests
🍽️ What does the butterfly eat?
Flower nectar
🔊 What sound does it make, or how does it move?
Flutters silently
✨ Fun fact
A butterfly starts as a caterpillar and tastes with its feet.

Ages 3 to 8 Insects and Bugs

All about the butterfly

The butterfly is one of the insects and bugs in our Animal Kingdom. You can find it in gardens, meadows and forests, and it eats flower nectar. It flutters silently. This page is a good fit for ages 3 to 8 (Preschool to 3rd Grade), and Buzzby can read it out loud.

Is the butterfly one of the insects and bugs?

Yes. Insects have six legs and three body parts. Spiders and snails are bugs but not insects.

Talk about it

  • Have you ever seen a butterfly? Where was it?
  • What would you eat if you were a butterfly?
  • Can you make the butterfly's sound or move like it?

More about the butterfly

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Watch and learn with Buzzby

Bug Friends with Buzzby the BeeMeet a ladybug, a butterfly, an ant, a snail, a spider and a firefly. Count the spots and march like ants!

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For grown ups

DoodleBeez is an ad free learning site for ages 3 to 14 from ABIEdu Kids. The Animal Kingdom has 209 animals, each read aloud by Buzzby the bee, plus 510 read aloud picture books, step by step drawing guides and learning games. Start free, no card needed.