This document contains summaries written by students in Mrs. Eubanks' 1st grade class about different butterflies. Each summary includes where the butterfly lives, what it eats, its size, colors, and the website used for research. Most students provide the same website, www.butterfliesandmoths.org, as their source of information. The summaries vary in length from a few sentences to a short paragraph and focus on key identifying details about each butterfly species.

1. Mrs. Eubanks’ First Graders
2009-2010

2. Abria
Mrs. Eubanks
1st
2010
My butterfly name is Eastern
Tiger Swallowtail. My butterfly
lives in forest edges and river
valleys. It eats wild cherries
and lilacs. The size of my
butterfly is 3 5/8 – 6 ½ inches.
My butterfly colors are yellow
with dark tiger stripes. The
website I used is
www.butterfliesandmoths.org.

3. Alondra
Mrs. Eubanks
First Grade
2010
This butterfly lives in fields. It
eats nectar from lantana. The
size of the butterfly is 2 ½ -3 ¾
inches. It is bright orange
with black lines. I used the
website
www.butterfliesandmoths.org.

4. Andres
Mrs.Eubanks
1st
grade
2010
My butterfly lives in fields. It
eats nectar from the flowers
in the aster family. The Little
Yellow’s wingspan is 1 ¼-1 ¾.
The color of my butterfly is
yellow with black. I found my
information at:
www.butterfliesandmoths.org.

5. Arli
Mrs. Eubanks
1st
2010
This butterfly lives in dunes,
meadows, and forest edges.
It eats nectar from dogbane,
aster, goldenrod, and
marigold. The size of it is 1 ¾-
2 5/8 inches. The colors of the
butterfly is brown, yellow and
orange. The website I used is
www.butterfliesandmoths.org.

6. Andrew
Mrs. Eubanks
First Grade
2010
It lives in the open woods, and
foothills. It eats nectar from
yellow flowers but likes blue,
red, pink, purple, and
sometimes white and cream
ones. The wingspan of my
butterfly is 1 3/4-2 5/8 inches.
It’s wings are brown-black and
has gold spots. The website
is:
www.butterfliesandmoths.org.

7. Demetris
Mrs. Eubanks
1st
Grade
2010 Year
It lives in swampy lands. It
eats rotting fruit and tree sap.
My butterfly’s wingspan is 1
3/4-2 1/2 inches. My butterfly
is brownish-orange with dark
spots. I found this information
at
www.butterfliesandmoths.org

8. Eryn
Mrs. Eubanks
1st
grade
2010
My butterfly’s habitat is grassy
places. It eats sap and rotting
fruit. The size of my butterfly is
1 ¼ -1 ½ inches. Its colors are
black and gray. It also could
be brown or yellow. The
website address
www.butterfliesandmoths.org

9. Evan
Mrs. Eubanks
1st
grade
2010
My butterfly lives in yards and
fields. It eats nectar from the
Japanese honey suckle,
jewelweed, thistles, milkweed,
and azaleas. The wingspan is
3 to 4 inches. It is black, blue,
white, and yellow. The website
we used is:
www.butterfliesandmoths.org.

10. Isaiah
Mrs. Eubanks
First Grade
2010
My butterfly lives in swamps
and forests. It eats nectar,
pepperbush and azaleas. It’s
wingspan is 4 ½ to 5 1/8
inches. It is yellow and
orange. I used the website:
www.butterfliesandmoths.org

11. Jessica
Mrs. Eubanks
1st
grade
20010
My butterfly lives in fields and
pastures. The wingspan of my
butterfly is 1 ¼ -1 ¾ inches.
My butterfly eats nectar from
dogbane, swamp milkweed,
asters, and shepherd’s
needles. The colors of my
butterfly are orange with black
borders. The website that I
used is
www.butterfiesandmoths.org.

12. Joey
Mrs. Eubanks
1st
Grade
2010
The Monarch lives in weedy areas
and fields. It eats nectar from
milkweeds. The colors of my butterfly
are orange, black and brown. The
size of my butterfly is 3 3/8 – 4 7/8
inches. The website for this
information is http://
www.butterfliesandmoths.org

13. Kimberly
Mrs. Eubanks
First grade
2010
It lives in gardens and stream
valleys. They eat Racemose,
Dogwood, and New Jersey Tea.
The size is 1 5/16-1 1/8 inches.
This butterfly has blue, white
patches, gray, black dots and
zigzag lines. The website we used
is http://
www.butterfliesandmoths.org.

14. Luke
Mrs. Eubanks
Grade 1
Year
My butterfly lives in gardens
and fields. It drinks nectar
from pepperbush, milkweed
and asters. It is 1 ¼-1 ½
inches in size. I got my
information from
www.butterfliesandmoths.org

15. Mar’tayshiana
Eubanks
First grade
2010
My butterfly lives in parks and
wooded areas with some open
space. It eats nectar from
common milkweed. The
wingspan is 21/4-3 inches.
The colors of my butterfly are
red and orange with black
spots. I got my information
from
www.butterfliesandmoths.org.

16. Nicolas
Mrs. Eubanks
1st
Grade
2010
My butterfly lives in over-
ground fields and forest
edges. It eats Yarrow wild
cherry. It is about 7/8 to 1 1/4
inches. It is orange, white and
gray.
www.
Butterfliesandmoths.com

17. Reena
Mrs. Eubanks
First grade
2010
This butterfly lives in almost
any type of open space. They
eat nectar from mustards,
dandelions, red clover, and
mints. The size of my butterfly
is 1 ¾-2 ¼ inches. The color
of my butterfly is white with
black spots. The website is
www.butterfliesandmoths.org.

18. Rylee
Mrs. Eubanks
1st
grade
2010
My butterfly’s habitat is
gardens. The food that my
butterfly eats is nectar from
many species of flowers,
including Shepherd’s Needle.
The size of my butterfly is 1
3/8- 2 ¼ inches. This is the
website I used:
www.butterfliesandmoths.org.

19. Sawyer
Mrs. Eubanks
1st
Grade
2010
It lives in yards and parks. It
eats nectar from red clovers,
common milkweed and aster.
My butterfly’s wing span is
about 1 ¾ - 3inches. The
colors are black, white and
orange. The website address I
used is
www.butterfliesandmoths.org.

20. Sean
Mrs. Eubanks
Grade 1
2010
My butterfly lives in yards and
pastures. My butterfly gets it’s
nectar from the aster and
chicory. It’s wing span is 1
5/8-2 3/4 inches. We got the
information from
www.butterfliesandmoths.org.

21. Shavonda
Mrs Eubanks
Ist
2010
My butterfly lives by wet
meadows and swamps. My
butterfly eats aphid honey dew
and decaying fungi. The size
of my butterfly is 2 ½ - 3 3/8
inches. The colors of the
butterfly are orange with black
lines across the hind wing and
white dots. The website
address is
www.butterfliesandmoths.org.

22. Taylor
Mrs. Eubanks
Grade 1
Year 2010
My butterfly lives in meadows
and fields. It eats nectar from
dandelion, milkweeds , golden
rods and asters. It’s size is 1
3/8-2 3/4 inches. The color of
my butterfly is yellow, black
and orange.
www.butterfliesandmoths.org

23. Yahir
Mrs. Eubanks
First Grade
2010
My butterfly lives in yards and
gardens. It eats nectar from
cardinal flowers, lantana, and
hibiscus. My butterfly’s size is
2 14-38 inches long. The
color of my butterfly is yellow
with white dark spots.
www.butterfiesandmoths.org