I have always loved butterflies. So I thought it would be fun to learn about a tiger swallowed tail. There are about 7,000 kinds of butterflies! All butterflies are insects. The tiger swallowed tail is very pretty. It’s yellow and on the edges it’s black. It has a long "tail" on the bottom of each wing. The females have darker wings that are yellow with a blue spot. How many parts of a butterfly do you think they have? The answers three! These butterflies are very common.

You can find these butterflies in the forest, meadows, suburbs, and gardens. The tiger swallowed tail has a long "tongue." When the tiger swallowed tail is a caterpillar it protests itself by camouflaging. The objects that make up there habitats are plants, nectar and leaves. Also they need warm weather. They don’t like the cold. If you look outside on a summer day I bet you’ll see a tiger swallowed tail.

Like most butterflies the tiger swallowed tail likes nectar. Do you know how the tiger swallowed tail is born? " Yes that’s right!" They are born in an egg. The tiger swallowed tail doesn’t care for their young. Do you know how the tiger swallowed tail helps the environment? It helps the environment by pollinating flowers. That helps the flowers grow. These butterflies protect themselves by flying up high.

I thought it was really interesting to learn about the tiger swallowed tail. Did you know that the tiger swallowed tail is a cousin to the moth? Did you know that each butterfly has scales? Scales are what give butterflies color. The tiger swallowed tail is a beautiful sight.