Life Cycle of a Butterfly

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  • Adult female lays an egg

    Adult female lays an egg
    Adult female butterfly lays an egg on a milkweed p[lant
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    Life Cycle of a Butterfly

  • The egg hatches into a caterpillar. The caterpillar eats and eats and eats!!

    The egg hatches into a caterpillar. The caterpillar eats and eats and eats!!
    Over about 10 days the caterpillar eats a massive amount of leaves and grows fat.

  • The caterpillar forms a cysallis and turns into a pupa.

    The caterpillar forms a cysallis and turns into a pupa.
    The pupa changes colour over time from green to blue and then to black when you can see the butterfly's colouring.

  • The pupa changes colour and hatches into a butterfly

    The pupa changes colour and hatches into a butterfly
    When the butterfly is ready to hatch you can see its colours through the translucent pupa.

  • Butterfly dries out its wings and is ready to fly away

    Butterfly dries out its wings and is ready to fly away
    Over a few hours the butterly dries its wings. It is now ready to fly away and begin a new cycle.