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butterfly life cycle

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  • the caterpiller egg

    the caterpiller egg

    before becoming a caterpiller a butterfly needs to get out of it's egg.
  • butterfly as a caterpiller.

    butterfly as a caterpiller.

    Once the caterpiller has hatched from its egg it has to eat and rest for it to form its cacoon
  • bigger catterpiller

    bigger catterpiller

    day by day the catterpiller gets bigger and bigger
  • butterfly in its cacoon.

    butterfly in its cacoon.

    after the caterpiller stage is done, the butterfly starts raping its self in to a cacoon. it takes about a month.
  • butterfly in first stage of cacoon

    butterfly in first stage of cacoon

    After a day or two the butterfly cacoon turns green. that is the first stage.
  • butterfly in stage 2 of cacoon

    butterfly in stage 2 of cacoon

    in about 14 days the butterfly cacoon will go to stage 2. it will turn clear.
  • butterfly cacoon stage 3

    butterfly cacoon stage 3

    it takes about 15 days to get to stage 3.
  • adult butterfly

    adult butterfly

    after the butterfly has hatched from its cacoon it is now a adult butterfly. and the stage starts over again
  • starts over

    starts over

    once it becomes a adult butterfly it starts over again
  • as many eggs

    as many eggs

    an adult butterfly can have as many puppils as it wants.