BEHAVIORAL: It learned to eat foods other than the white turtlehead (ie milkweed, etc.). It also learned to live in meadows rather than wetlands.
STRUCTURAL: They developed spots that look like eyes and adapted to have bright colors on their wings so they may look poisonous to predators.
Physical and behavioral adaptations
One is they have short legs so they fly more often then walk.
The Baltimore Checkerspot butterfly was named after Lord Baltimore. and became the Maryland state butterfly in 1793
One of the structural adaptations of the Palos Verdes Blue butterfly is the distinct spot patterns that mark its wings. These patterns help to confuse predators as to the nature of the butterfly, giving it time to evade predation.
The checkerspot butterfly is only6 found in the United States. This butterfly lives around the areas of San Francisco in California.
They have bright colored patterns on their wings
A Baltimore Checkerspot Butterfly costs $30 each for an adult. But are very hard to find
The checkerspot butterfly lives in wetlands
The Baltimore Checkerspot Butterfly has very short legs. In terms of energy, it is much more efficient for the butterfly to fly rather than walk.
of course it is!
The Checkerspot Butterfly
it is going to be extinct