Did you know that the legs of a butterfly contains bristly hairs, which are used as their smell and taste sensors? It definitely tickles when they walk on your fingers. The legs also have a hook at the end, which helps the butterfly hang on.

I have also read that a butterfly can fly anywhere between 5 to 12 miles per hour, compared to skippers who can fly up to 37 miles per hour.

Another interesting fact I read . . . the female monarch butterfly, which is pictured above, will lay up to 100 eggs and if lucky two of those will make it through all stages and become a butterfly. That statistic alone makes me feel good that we are raising caterpillars into butterflies, helping the success rate of the monarch butterfly.