Here you will find games, activities and pictures to help you learn about the fascinating world of butterflies and moths
Welcome
Butterflies and moths
In the first section you can find out more about the fantastic variety of butterflies and moths.
There are fewer than 60 Butterfly species in Britain.
There are over 2,500 Moths!
The biggest moth we have is the Death's-head Hawk-moth - it has a skull pattern on its head and can grow up to 15 cm across.
To find out about the fabulous variety of Butterflies and Moths, click here!
Butterflies' beautiful bodies
Explore how butterflies and moths are built. Examine their skeletons, antennae, wings, proboscis (the long hollow tongue they use to drink from flowers), eyes and legs.
To find out more about how Butterflies and Moths are built click here.
In the brilliant insect parts game you can get to know how insects are built.
Butterflies and Moths are living things!
Like us, they move, grow and feed, and are sensitive to what goes on around them.
Butterflies and Moths show all the common characteristics of Living Things - to find out more, click here.
From Egg to Butterfly
Explore the amazing life-cycles of Butterflies and Moths.
From tiny patterned egg, to caterpillar, to chrysalis, to beautiful winged adult, the life of a butterfly is an incredible journey.
Teachers
Link here to the Teachers' Resources pages and here for the link to the Teachers' Introduction to the Life-cycles pages .
Some ideas to inspire you!
Click on the links below to download pdfs: