The Lifecycle of the Butterfly and the Silk Moth.

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The Lifecycle of the Butterfly and the Silk Moth.

• By Darcy Piazza

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The butterfly and the silk worm have unique
lifecycles.

• Their life cycles consist of four stages
• egg
• larva caterpillar and silkworm
• pupa cocoon or chrysalis
• butterfly or silk moth

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First Stage Egg

• Each adult butterfly and silkworm lays hundreds
  of eggs in neat rows. They may be round like
  balls or flat like pancakes.

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Second Stage Larva

• The caterpillar and the silkworm eat and grow.
  Silkworms eat only mulberry leaves. Caterpillars
  eat leaves specific to their species.

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Third Stage Pupa

• The caterpillar spins a chrysalis.
• The silkworm spins a cocoon.

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Fourth StageButterfly and Silk Moth

• The caterpillar hatches from its chrysalis into
  a butterfly.
• The silkworm hatches from its cocoon into a silk
  moth.

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Begin Again!

• The butterfly and the silk moth lay eggs to start
  the lifecycle again.

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Fun Facts
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Questions

• What are the four stages of a caterpillar
  lifecycle?
• How many eggs do silk moths lay?
• What do caterpillars and silkworms eat?

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Work Cited
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