The Life Cycle of a Butterfly

Gabby HamiltonEDU 290

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What is a Butterfly? Butterflies are

insects.

They have four wings and six legs.

Butterflies have three body parts.

Their bodies are covered in tiny hairs.

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What is a Life Cycle? A life cycle goes through each stage of

development.

The butterfly has four main stages: One: Egg Two: Caterpillar Three: Chrysalis Four: Butterfly

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Stage One: Eggs The butterfly’s eggs

are always small.

They can be oval or circular.

Sometimes eggs have ridges or indents on them.

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Stage One: Eggs The butterfly’s eggs are

laid on a leaf.

Eggs are always by food so the caterpillar can eat after it has hatched.

If you look closely sometimes you can see the caterpillar growing inside of the egg.

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Stage Two: Caterpillar Caterpillar’s hatch

from the butterfly’s eggs.

They spend most of their time eating.

The caterpillar needs to eat so it can grow.

http://www.thebutterflysite.com/life-cycle.shtml

Stage Two: Caterpillar This stage is where the most growing

takes place.

As they grow bigger caterpillars shed their skin.

All caterpillars do not look the same and do not eat the same leaves.

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Stage Three: Chrysalis When caterpillars are

fully grown they make a button of silk that helps them stick to a leaf or twig.

The caterpillar sheds it skin for the last time.

Under the old skin is a hard skin called a chrysalis.

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Stage Three: Chrysalis The chrysalis is

usually brown or green.

They blend into the background because they do not want to be bothered.

When the caterpillar is in the chrysalis it is changing.

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Stage Three: Chrysalis The caterpillar’s

organs and other body parts dissolve while in the chrysalis.

Their body parts then re-grow into the organs, tissues, limbs, and wings of the butterfly.

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Stage Four: Butterfly After the caterpillar is

done growing inside the chrysalis a butterfly will come out.

When it first hatches the butterfly will not be able to use it’s wings.

The wings will be soft and folded against the butterfly’s body.

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Stage Four: Butterfly Blood will pumped

through the butterfly’s wings to make them big and strong enough to fly.

The butterfly will learn to fly 3-4 hours after it comes out of the chrysalis.

The butterfly is finally an adult. http://www.free-nature-animal-butterfly-wallpaper.com/wallpapers/

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Fun Facts Butterflies can see red,

green, and yellow.

Butterflies can not fly if their body temperature is less than 86 degrees.

The average lifespan for a butterfly is about one month.

Butterflies eat water, nectar, and liquids from different fruits.

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Do Butterflies Look The Same On Both

Sides?

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Works Citied

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Butterfly Life Cycle . (n.d.). Retrieved October 6, 2010, from TheButterflySite.com website: http://www.thebutterflysite.com/life-cycle.shtml

Fun Butterfly Facts . (n.d.). Retrieved October 3, 2010, from http://www.thebutterflysite.com/ facts.shtml#funfacts

Opler, P. A. (n.d.). The Children's Butterfly Site . Retrieved October 6, 2010, from Montana State University websitehttp://www.kidsbutterfly.org/life -cycle

Pupa. (2010, October 2). Retrieved October 6, 2010, from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki / Chrysalis#Chrysalis