A Butterfly's Journey

<p>Come along on an exhilarating journey with a young and very curious blue morpho butterfly. His journey begins when he leaves the safety of the canopy and finds himself looking for food.</p><p></p><p>He will try new things face unknown challenges and learn just how brave he can be. Where will this journey take him?</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Facts About the Blue Morpho</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>The blue morpho is a striking butterfly with blue wings edged in black and a wingspan around 5 to 8 inches. Males have broader brighter wings than females.</p><p></p><p>Their vibrant iridescent blue color is a result of microscopic scales on the backs of their wings that reflect light. The underside of their wings is brown with eyespots for camouflage.</p><p></p><p>They are native to the tropical rainforests of Central and South America and Mexico and cannot survive in dry conditions.</p><p></p><p>They spend most of their time on the forest floor and in low trees and shrubs with their wings folded for security.</p><p></p><p>They use a long protruding mouthpart called a proboscis as a drinking straw to sip mud tree sap rotten fruit and salt water.</p><p></p><p>The blue morpho's lifespan is only 115 days.</p>