With the help of her grandfather, a little girl makes a house for a larva and watches it develop before setting it free, and every summer after that butterflies come to visit her.
larva caterpillarthe immature stage between an egg and pupa of an insect; if the insect is a butterfly, the larva is called a caterpillar
chrysalis The pupa stage of a butterfly’s life cycle.
nectar a sweet liquid produced by flowers that attracts pollinators such as insectsa sweet liquid produced by flowers that attracts pollinators such as insects
d r i f t float; moved by wind or water current
metamorphosis the changes of form insects go through in their life cycle from egg to immature stages to adult
change to a completely different form change to a completely different form by Guy Swentek Wilson Elementary