Life Cycle of Butterfly

BUTTERFLY
Butterfly is a beautiful and an amazing insect. Butterfly has a four-stage life cycle.

BUTTERFLY EGG

• The egg is tiny. It is round or oval in shape. The eggs are normally laid on leaves.
• Butterfly lays more than 20 eggs each time. The eggs will hatch in 3 to 12 days.

CATERPILLAR
A caterpillar will eat all day long. They can grow up to 2 inches. The caterpillar will shed its skin as it grows. They will eat for about 2 weeks.

CHRYSALIS

• After 2 weeks, the caterpillar will attach itself to a twig.
• The pupa looks like a waxy vase and becomes transparent as the days go by.
• It looks like the caterpillar is resting but it is turning into a butterfly.

ADULT BUTTERFLY

• When the butterfly comes out, its wings are wet and soft.
• The butterfly will rest first. After 3 hours, the butterfly will flap its wings and start to fly.
• It will look for a mate and start to reproduce. Life cycle begins again!!

FUN FACTS ABOUT Butterflies!

• Butterfly can only see red, yellow and green.
• Butterflies taste food with their feet.
• Butterflies have skeletons outside their body.
• There are about 24 000 types of butterflies

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