Butterfly Archives - Youth Are Awesome https://youthareawesome.com/tag/butterfly/ Tue, 08 Jul 2025 23:35:01 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.1 New Butterfly Species in Waterton National Park https://youthareawesome.com/new-butterfly-species-in-waterton-national-park/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=new-butterfly-species-in-waterton-national-park https://youthareawesome.com/new-butterfly-species-in-waterton-national-park/#respond Tue, 08 Jul 2025 23:35:01 +0000 https://youthareawesome.com/?p=117305 In April 2025, a new, geographically isolated species of butterfly, known as the Curiously Isolated Hairstreak butterfly, was identified in Waterton Lakes National Park. This butterfly species was found in a grassland area called the Blakiston Fan. Physical Characteristics:  This small butterfly has brown wings with black spots surrounded by white rings on the inside. […]

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]]> https://youthareawesome.com/new-butterfly-species-in-waterton-national-park/feed/ 0 Visit the butterflies at the Calgary Zoo https://youthareawesome.com/calgary-zoo-butterfly/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=calgary-zoo-butterfly Thu, 07 Aug 2014 21:17:13 +0000 https://www.youthareawesome.com/?p=60684 There is a lot to see this summer at the Calgary Zoo. The Calgary Zoo features many animals around the globe both locally and foreign. Even if you have visited the zoo before, it’s definitely worth it to go back again. In this blog, I will show you one of the special features the zoo […]

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]]> Dry land swimming exercises https://youthareawesome.com/dryland-swimming-exercises/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=dryland-swimming-exercises Wed, 18 Jun 2014 14:53:08 +0000 https://www.youthareawesome.com/?p=59126 Most people don’t have time to go to the pool every time they want to swim or practice their skills. So here are some exercises to help you work on your swimming skills while on dry land. Start out with some simple jumping jacks. These just warm-up your arms and leg muscles for the rest […]

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]]> A concrete poem to welcome spring! https://youthareawesome.com/concrete-poem-spring/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=concrete-poem-spring Thu, 21 Mar 2013 17:16:51 +0000 https://www.youthareawesome.com/?p=40722 Heyyy! Since spring started yesterday, I figured now would be a great time to share a poem I created last year. It’s about spring and butterflies and nature and all that fluffy light stuff. It is a concrete poem, and so I tried to use the shaping and stuff to compliment what the writing said! […]

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]]> How to Make a Chocolate Butterfly https://youthareawesome.com/chocolate-butterfly/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=chocolate-butterfly Tue, 12 Mar 2013 16:25:20 +0000 https://www.youthareawesome.com/?p=40398 Chocolate has to be one of the greatest foods in the world. Chocolate makes up the majority of a child’s bag on Halloween, takes its place inside a cute heart-shaped box on Valentine’s Day, hides around the yard wrapped in shiny aluminum on Easter, and sits under a tree at Christmas time. But although chocolate […]

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]]> Photo of the Day: Balancing Act https://youthareawesome.com/photo-day-balancing-act/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=photo-day-balancing-act Mon, 17 Sep 2012 20:03:11 +0000 https://www.youthareawesome.com/?p=35653  This little creature was spotted at the Butterfly Sanctuary near Niagara Falls.

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