Butterfly Life Cycle

Butterfly Life Cycle

• A butterfly has four stages in its life cycle.
• Each stage also has a different goal.
• The life cycle process can take a month to year.

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Stage 1: Eggs

• A girl butterfly lays eggs.
• It lays the eggs on a leaf.
• About five days after the eggs are laid, a tiny worm-like creature will hatch from the egg.

Stage 2: Caterpillar (Larve)

• It looks like a worm. The caterpillar is hungry once it has hatched.
• It starts to eat leaves and flowers.
• It grows so fast that it becomes too big for its skin.
• Caterpillars shed their skin four or more times while they are growing.

Stage 3: Chrysalis (Pupa)

• The caterpillar makes a chrysalis.
• It is the same color as the things around it (for being "invisible" to other animals).
• It is also called the "resting" or "changing" stage.
• It starts to look more similar to a butterfly.

Stage 4: Butterly (Adult)

• Here, the chrysalis opens.
• When the butterfly first comes out its wings are damp, soft and folded against its body.
• The butterfly is also very tired.
• After resting, it will be ready to start flying and pump blood into its wings.

Butterflies need a lot of practice to fly good.
They learn fast.
When it can fly, it will go look for food and a mate and then lay eggs.