Kindergarten Sweetwater Primary School Butterfly Life Cycle Kindergarten Sweetwater Primary School
1. The Egg The female butterfly lays an egg on a leaf.
2. Caterpillar Out of the egg hatches a tiny caterpillar. The caterpillar eats and eats and eats.
3. The Chrysalis The caterpillar wraps himself inside a cocoon and stays inside for about 2 weeks.
4. The Butterfly Out of the chrysalis comes a beautiful butterfly!
Butterfly Facts Butterflies can see red, green, and yellow. Butterflies have four wings. They have antennae that help them see. Female butterflies are bigger than male butterflies. A butterfly flies from flower to flower eating nectar.