morphological adaptations of a painted lady butterfly
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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 - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Morphological Adaptations of a Painted Lady ButterflyBy 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 Butterfly Wings A caterpillar is worm-like Butterflies can lay eggs The legs on a caterpillar
go away Caterpillars shed their skin
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
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
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.
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
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