•Habitats– Monarch

• Activity – create a chrysalis!– More games and activities from the web!

•Monarch Butterfly Life cycle• Graph – how much time is spent in each step of the cycle?• Sequencing

– Activity – make a comic strip.• Habitats

– Monarch• Activity – create a chrysalis!

–Web Quest!

Table of Contents

•What is a butterfly?• Body parts of a butterfly• Butterfly life cycle

•Video of the life cycle•What happens in each stage of the life cycle?

• The egg•The caterpillar• Pupation video•The butterfly

• Monarch Butterfly Life cycle• Graph – how much time is spent in each step

of the cycle?•Sequencing

• Activity – make a comic strip.

QCC -15   Topic: The Living World: Animals Standard: Recognizes and describes a variety of animal and plant life cycles. Illustrates the life cycles of a chicken, butterfly, frog, turtle, grasshopper, dog and fish. Performance Standard – Life Science – S3L1. Students will investigate the habitats of different organisms and the dependence of organisms on their habitats.

C. Identify features of animals that allow them to live and thrive in different regions of Georgia.D. Explain what will happen to an organisms if the habitat is changed.

What is a Butterfly?

• Butterflies are beautiful, flying insects with large scaly wings. Like all insects, they have six jointed legs, 3 body parts, a pair of antennae, compound eyes, and an exoskeleton. The three body parts are the head, thorax (the chest), and abdomen (the tail end).

The butterfly's body is covered by tiny sensory hairs. The four wings and the six legs of the butterfly are attached to the thorax. The thorax contains the muscles that make the legs and wings move.

Abdomen - The abdomen is the segmented tail area of an insect that contains the heart, Malpighian tubules, reproductive organs, and most of the digestive system.

Antenna - An antenna is a sensory appendage that is attached to the head of adult insects. Antennae are used for the sense of smell and balance. Butterflies have two antennae with clubs at the end.

Compound Eye - Insect compound eyes are made up of many hexagonal lenses.

Fore wing - The fore wings are the two upper wings.

Head - The head is the part of the insect that contains the brain, two compound eyes, the proboscis, and the pharynx (the start of the digestive system). The two antennae are attached to the head.

Hind wing - The hind wings are the two lower wings.

Leg - All adult butterflies have six legs. The two forelegs of some butterfly species are tiny.

Proboscis - Adult butterflies sip nectar and other liquids using a spiral, straw-like proboscis located on their head.

Thorax - The thorax is the body section between the head and the abdomen. The legs and wings attach to the thorax.

Abdomen

Antenna

Compound Eye

Forewing

Head

Hind wing

Leg

Proboscis

Thorax

Butterfly Life-Cycle

PUPA

LARVAEADULT

EGG

Watch the Life Cycle Slide Show

A butterfly usually lays 200-500 eggs on plant leaves and stems. Eggs from different butterflies are different shapes and sizes. The caterpillars hatch from the eggs about 5 days later.

The caterpillar is also called the larva. Caterpillars first eat their eggshell, then they eat lots of leaves. Each time the caterpillar grows, it needs to shed its old skin or molt. They usually molt 5 times. After a few weeks the caterpillar stops eating and growing and looks for a place to change.

The caterpillar sheds its skin for the last time and becomes a pupa. The pupa stays inside a hard shell called a chrysalis. Inside the chrysalis, the pupa is changing from a caterpillar's body to a butterfly's body.

Pupation

The adult butterfly emerges from the chrysalis after several weeks. The butterfly looks for another

butterfly to mate with. After mating, the female butterfly lays her eggs. Adult butterflies usually

live for only 2 weeks!

Butterfly Life Cycle

ADULT, 35, 44%

EGG, 5, 6%

LARVAE, 28, 35%

PUPA, 12, 15%

EGG

LARVAE

PUPA

ADULT

•Students investigated butterfly life cycles.

•Students read text on life cycles.

•Students created a comic strip describing each phase of a butterfly’s life cycle.

•Students added noodles for visual effect.

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Fill in the table to show what happens during each stage.

Egg Larvae Pupa Adult

Laid on plant

leaves and

stems

Caterpillar

hatches

in 5 days

Vary in size

Eats its egg shell

Molts 5 times

After a few

weeks looks

for a place

to change

Caterpillar shed its skin one

last time

Caterpillar stays inside

a hard shell or Chrysalis

Caterpillar

changes

into a butterfly

Emerges from

the chrysalis

after a few

weeks

The butterfly

looks for a

mate and

lays eggs

Adult butterflies

live for only

2 weeks

• HABITAT Butterflies are found all over the world and in all types of environments: hot and cold, dry and moist, at sea level and high in the mountains. Most butterfly species, however, are found in tropical areas, especially tropical rainforests.

Many butterflies migrate in order to avoid adverse environmental conditions (like cold weather). Butterfly migration is not well understood. Most migrate relatively short distances (like the Painted Lady, the Red Admiral, and the Common Buckeye), but a few (like some Monarchs) migrate thousands of miles.

•Monarch Habitats:Monarchs are found all around the world

in sub-tropical to tropical areas. They are found in open habitats including meadows, fields, marshes, and cleared roadsides.

Activity

Create a Chrysalis and watch your caterpillar change into a beautiful Butterfly!

Web Quest

You will be responsible to complete the activities on the web Quest for Monarch Butterflies.