1. Kindergarten Sweetwater Primary School
Butterfly Life Cycle
Kindergarten
Sweetwater Primary School

2. 1. The Egg
The female butterfly lays an egg on a leaf.

3. 2. Caterpillar Out of the egg hatches a tiny caterpillar.
The caterpillar eats and eats and eats.

4. 3. The Chrysalis
The caterpillar wraps himself inside a cocoon and stays inside for about 2 weeks.

5. 4. The Butterfly
Out of the chrysalis comes a beautiful butterfly!

6. 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.