1. By, Kayla DiMarzo

3. Complete life cycle of a butterfly 4 Stages of development

4. Stage 1: Eggs Many butterflies lay their eggs on plants that will be eaten by the caterpillar once it hatches

5. Stage 2: Caterpillar (Larva) Caterpillars grow very fast because they eat a lot. When the caterpillar comes out of the egg they are hungry Caterpillars shed their skin four or more times while they are growing Larva eats the milkweed

6. Stage 3: Chrysalis (Pupa) A week to ten days

7. Stage 4: Butterfly

8. Adult butterfly

9. Adult butterflies drink nectar from flowers Average life span of butterflies is around a month There are approximately 20,000 different species of butterflies

10. Monarch Butterfly Metamorphosis time-lapse https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ocWgSg MGxOc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ocWgSg MGxOc

11. http://www3.canisius.edu/~grandem/butterflylifecycle/The_Lifecycle_of_a_Butt erfly_print.html https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8rvGUevGxDk http://earthsbirthday.org/butterflies/butterfly-lifecycle http://www.naba.org/qanda.html