Spanish Name: Morpho Spp.

Size: wingspan 7 inches .

Life span: 115 days.

For more information see:
 

• Report written by Maggie
• Report written by Katie
• Report written by Elizabeth
• Report written by Esther
• Report written by Mariel
• Revised by Vanessa

Predators: Baby jaguars, birds, fish when near water, large insects, and humans.
 

Adaptations: Uses the sun, to reflect their blue wings, and blind their predators. 
 

Interesting Facts:

• Protects itself by reflecting the sun off their wings to the baby jaguars eyes, to blind them. 
• The Blue Morpho Butterfly starts as an egg and then turns into a caterpillar finally turning into a bright blue butterfly.  
•  They is called the Blue Morpho because they are similar to moths. .  
• It goes through  4 stages in its life cycle.                                                             
• Scientists think it absorbs sun light from siting on branches with their wings spread apart.  
• There are 17 kinds of Morpho Butterflies and they are very alike, some have different colored wings.  The female has darker wings with a brown edging.
• It can live for about a couple days to 8 months.
• Found in the Central and South American Jungle.
• It is six inches in length. 

 Bibliography:

 "Blue Morpho Butterfly Printout" 12 Mar. 2003 
                 <http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/butterfly/activities/printouts/morphoprintout.shtml> 

"World Wildlife Fund Travel" 12 Mar. 2003 
<www.worldwildlife.org/travel/itinerary/ costa_rica_itin03.ht> 
( picture bibliography) 

"Steve Metz Photography" April 14, 2004
http://www.stevemetzphotography.com/photo%20pages/Insects/Blue%20Morpho.htm

"Blue Morpho Butterfly"  April 14, 2004
http://www.havasu.k12.az.us/starline/akeller/morpho.html

Researchers: Winsor, Iñigo, Rumy