Life Cycle of the Butterfly

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Life Cycle of the Butterfly

• Created by Joyce Johnson
• Professor Knezek
• Assignment 6

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Vocabulary

• antennae- This is a sensitive feeler that the
  butterfly has
• caterpillar-The larva of a butterfly.
• chrysalis- This is a hard shell.  Inside of the
  chrysalis is the butterfly.
• insects-The body is divided into three sections
  the head, thorax and abdomen. Most have wings.

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Vocabulary continued

• larva-A small insect hatches from an egg is
  called the larva.  The larva of a butterfly is
  called a caterpillar.
• metamorphosis- a change of form
• migrate-to change your habitat
• nectar-A sweet substance secreted by plants. 
• pupa-Inside the chrysalis the body of the
  butterfly is formed.  This stage is called the
  pupa stage.

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The Life Cycle of the Butterfly

• Stage 1- Egg
• Stage 2- Caterpillar
• Stage 3- Pupae
• Stage 4- Butterfly

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Stage 1- The Egg

• Eggs are first laid on plants by a female
  butterfly. These plants are the food for the
  caterpillars after hatching. the food shortage.

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Stage 2- Caterpillar

• When the egg hatches, a caterpillar emerges. The
  caterpillar eats lots of plants to help it grow.
  During this time, a caterpillar can grow up to
  100 times their size.

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Stage 3- Pupae

• When the caterpillar has stopped eating, it
  attaches itself to a place to sleep. It forms a
  cocoon so we cant see what is happening inside.
  But inside the cocoon the caterpillar is changing
  into a adult.

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Stage 4- Butterfly

• After the butterfly has emerged from the cocoon,
  it is able to fly because of their butterfly
  wings that was changed in the cocoon during its
  sleep.

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Fun Facts

• The Monarch is sometimes called the "Milkweed
  Butterfly".
• Butterflies fly between 5 and 30 miles an hour.
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• A butterfly can lay up to 500 eggs.
• Butterflies flap their wings quite slowly,
  usually from 5-20 beats per second.
• 700 kinds are found in North America.