The Life Cycle of a Butterfly By: Ms. Gelmine
What is a Life Cycle? The stages a living thing goes through during its life. What do you know that goes through a life cycle?
There are Four Stages in the Life Cycle of a Butterfly Egg Caterpillar or Larva Chrysalis or Pupa Butterfly Egg Caterpillar Chrysalis Butterfly https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8rvGUevGxDk
Egg Stage A female lays an egg on a leaf They hatch in about 5 days
Caterpillar or Larva Stage Grows and eats lots of food! Grows the most during this stage It then hangs itself upside down and attatches itself to a twig
Chrysalis or Pupa Stage The caterpillar is disguised in a case to protect itself from its enemies It is going through metamorphosis or changing into a butterfly
Butterfly Stage Known as the “adult” stage The butterfly breaks open the chrysalis Instead of eating, it drinks nectar from flowers
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Butterfly Fun Facts! Butterflies taste with their feet! Over 20,000 different types of butterflies exist! Will not fly if temperature is under 50 degrees!
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