1. Butterflies of Lenoir County
Students in Mrs. Arthur’s first grade class of
2011-12, studied butterflies, raised
butterflies, researched butterflies from
Lenoir County using the Super 3 Research
Model, created their own slide about their
butterfly and illustrated their writing.

2. Red Admiral
They live in yards, gardens,
parks, meadows, grassy places,
swamps, fields, pastures. The
colors of the butterfly are
white red and black. They drink
nectar. Butterflies can fly. They
drink nectar with their tongue.
They have wings. I got this
information from
www.butterfliesandmoths.org.
By: Anna

3. Spicebush Swallowtail
My butterfly can live in yards,
parks, and swamps. It eats the
tiny flower called the
honeysuckle. Their colors are
black and white. I found my
information from
www.butterfiesandmoths.org.
By: Anthony

4. Cloudless Sulphur
They live in gardens yards and
parks. My butterfly eats leaves
from trees. My butterfly is a
green butterfly. The size of my
butterfly is 2 ¼ inches to 3 1/8
inches long. I found my
information from
www.butterfliesandmoths.org.
By: Bella

5. Cabbage White
The name of my butterfly is the
Cabbage White. They live in
yards, gardens and parks. They
drink nectar from mustard,
dandelion and red clover. My
butterfly size is 1 3/4-2 1/4
inches. The color of my
butterfly is yellow, gray and
green. The website of my
butterfly is
www.butterfliesandmoths.org.
By: Breanna N.

6. Question Mark
They live in wooded area.
They eat rotting fruit. The
website I used was
www.butterfliesandmoths.org.
By: Colin

7. Viceroy
The colors of my butterfly
are red, green, orange, blue
and black.
Butterflies can fly.
Butterflies can drink nectar.
Butterflies can sleep. I
found my information from
www.butterfliesmoths.org.
By: Cortayvis

8. Gulf Fritillary
My butterfly is white, black,
and orange. It’s name is Gulf
Fritillary. It lives in gardens and
open fields. It lives in Lenoir
County. They drink nectar from
lantana. I got my information
from
www.butterfliesandmoths.org.
By: Courtney

9. Carolina Satyr
Carolina Satyr lives in
woodland and the
butterfly color is gray. I
like when they fly.
By: Dasir

10. Silver-spotted Skipper
My butterfly’s colors are brown,
golden and white. There are
1,000’s of butterfly’s. My butterfly
drinks nectar from button bush,
milkweed, pea, blazing star,
thistles and red clover. The size of
my butterfly’s it is 1 3/4 to 2 5/8
inches. My butterfly’s habitat can
be open woods, foothills, streams
and prairie waterways. I found my
information from
www.butterfliesandmoths.org. By: Duprell C.

11. Pearl Crescent
My butterfly’s name is
Pearl Crescent. My
butterfly lives in pastures.
My butterfly eats nectar
from a flower. My
butterfly’s size is 1 1/4-1
3/4 inches. My butterfly’s
colors are black and
orange. I found the
information from
www.butterfliesmoths.org.
By: Gerardo

12. Little Yellow
My butterfly is mostly
yellow, brown and black.
Little yellow lives in dry
open areas. My butterfly
size is 11/4-inches (3.2-4.4
cm). It eats nectar from
aster and golden rods. The
information came from
www.butterflies.org.
By: Jacob H.

13. Cloudless Sulphur
They live in yards, gardens, and
parks. They eat nectar from
many different flowers. The
size of my butterfly is 2 ¼
inches to 4 3/8 inches long. The
color of the butterfly is green.
The website I went to get my
information from is
www.butterfliesandmoths.org.
By: Jacob S.

14. American Lady
My butterfly’s name is the
American Lady. It lives in parks
and drinks nectar from
flowers.
They can be 3 ¼ inches to 3 5/8
inches long. The American
lady is red, black, white and
gray. I found my information
at
www.butterfliesandmoths.org.
By: Jakob H.

15. Monarch
The name is Monarch. The
Monarch lives in fields, weedy
areas and roadsides. The
Monarch eats nectar from all
milk weeds. The colors of the
Monarch are orange, black and
white. The size of the Monarch
is 3 3/8 – 4 7/8 inches. I found
my information from
www.butterfliesandmoths.org.
By: Jenna

16. Summer Azure
The colors of my butterfly
are black dots with dark
zigzag lines. The habitat of
my butterfly is gardens,
streams, and valleys. The
butterflies drink nectar.
Butterflies can fly so high.
Birds can’t eat butterflies.
They are 1 inch to 1 1/8
inches long. I found my
information from the
www.butterfliesmoths.org. By: Julia

17. Eastern Comma
My butterfly lives in gardens,
swaps marshes, mountains, woods,
parks and even in the woodlands
too! The colors of my butterfly is
brownish orange with dark spots. It
has one dark spot at the center
edge of each wing. The size of my
butterfly is 1 ¾ to 2 ½ inches. It
eats rotting fruit and tree sap.
I found my information from
www.butterfliesandmoths.org.
By: Kacey

18. Pearl Crescent
My butterfly lives in open
pine woods. It eats nectar
from a great variety of
flowers. The butterfly's
size is 1 ¼-1 ¾ inches. The
butterfly is black and
orange. I got the
information from
www.butterfliesmoths.org.
By: Makayla

19. Fiery Skipper
The size of my butterfly is
11/4-1 ½ inches. The color of
my butterfly is gold and black
spot . My butterfly eat
sneezeweed. My butterfly
habitat is yards, meadows,
and fields. I found my
information from
www.butterfiesandmoths.org.
By: Michael

20. Sleepy Orange
My butterfly lives in gardens.
My butterfly eats nectar from
shepherds needle. My
butterfly is small. My butterfly
is brown, black and yellow. It
lives in Lenoir County. I found
my information from
www.butterfliesandmoths.org.
By: Natalie

21. Palamedes Swallowtail
My butterfly’s habitat is wet
woods and broad leaves. It
drinks nectar from pepper
bush. The colors are orange,
black, and yellow. The sizes
are 1-2 inches. The web site
where I found my information
is
www.butterfliesandmoths.org.
By: Ronaldo

22. Common Buckeye
The name of my butterfly is
the Common Buckeye. It lives
in a park and the garden. It
eats a different kind of flowers
like gum weed. My butterfly
size is 5/8 to ¾ inches long.
The colors are brown and
orange. I found my information
from
www.butterfliesandmoths.org.
By: Sanaa O.

23. Orange Sulphur
My butterfly is cool because it
has two different dots. They
have antennas. It eats nectar
from flowers like
sneeze wood and milkweed. I
found my information at
www.butterfliesandmoths.org.
By: Seth

24. Red banded Hairstreak
The Red banded Hairstreak eats
the nectar of the flowers called
sunflower, sweet pepper bush
and wild cherry. It lives in the
coastal hammocks. Its wing
span is 7/8 - 1 ¼ inches. The
colors of my butterfly are
grayish and reddish. I found
this information from
www.butterfliesandmoths.org.
By: Shriya

25. Eastern Tiger Swallowtail
Easter Tiger Swallowtail live in
deciduous broadleaf woods,
forest edge, rivers valleys,
parks, and suburbs. They eat
nectar from Wild Cherries, Lilac,
Milkweed, and Joe-Pye. The size
of my butterfly is 2 1/2- 4 1/ 2
inches (6.2-11.4cm.) The color
of my butterfly is yellow, dark
stripes black, blue, and red. I
found my information from
www.butterfliesandmoths.org.
By: Tony