Folkmanis Swallowtail Butterfly Hand Puppet
Folkmanis swallowtail butterfly hand puppet with yellow-and-black wings and blue spots, sitting on a hand
Folkmanis swallowtail butterfly hand puppet with yellow and black wings, held on a girl's hand
Girl holding up a Folkmanis swallowtail butterfly hand puppet with yellow-and-black wings
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Cause a flutter with the Folkmanis swallowtail butterfly finger puppet. Slip your fingers inside the body, move your hand up and down, and this colourful friend dances on air. A stage appears wherever a hand fits – a kitchen table, a story circle, a long train journey.
Swallowtails belong to the Papilionidae, a family of roughly 600 species found across the world. The name comes from the slender extensions on the hindwings, which recall the tail feathers of a swallow. Caterpillars depend on particular host plants: umbellifers such as fennel and wild carrot for some species, citrus trees for others. Threaten one and it everts a forked gland behind its head whose sharp scent sends birds and wasps elsewhere. Adults feed on nectar and gather at damp patches of ground to take up minerals.
Did you know that male swallowtails often meet on hilltops? Naturalists call the habit hilltopping: the butterflies head for the highest ground in the area and wait there for females to arrive. Anyone hoping to watch them climbs the rise – even where not a single host plant grows.
| Typ: | finger puppet |
|---|---|
| Lenght approx.: | 15 cm |
| Span approx.: | 35 cm |
| Weight approx.: | 38 g |
| Publication year: | July 2014 |
| Care Instructions: | Care and Cleaning Guide |
Cause a flutter with the Folkmanis swallowtail butterfly finger puppet. Slip your fingers inside the body, move your hand up and down, and this colourful friend dances on air. A stage appears wherever a hand fits – a kitchen table, a story circle, a long train journey.
Swallowtails belong to the Papilionidae, a family of roughly 600 species found across the world. The name comes from the slender extensions on the hindwings, which recall the tail feathers of a swallow. Caterpillars depend on particular host plants: umbellifers such as fennel and wild carrot for some species, citrus trees for others. Threaten one and it everts a forked gland behind its head whose sharp scent sends birds and wasps elsewhere. Adults feed on nectar and gather at damp patches of ground to take up minerals.
Did you know that male swallowtails often meet on hilltops? Naturalists call the habit hilltopping: the butterflies head for the highest ground in the area and wait there for females to arrive. Anyone hoping to watch them climbs the rise – even where not a single host plant grows.
| Typ: | finger puppet |
|---|---|
| Lenght approx.: | 15 cm |
| Span approx.: | 35 cm |
| Weight approx.: | 38 g |
| Publication year: | July 2014 |
| Care Instructions: | Care and Cleaning Guide |