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Eggs
Facts:
1. Very small, round, oval, or cylindrical.
2. Shape depends on the type of butterfly that laid it.
3. Usually laid on leaves of plants.
4. It is held onto the leaves by a special glue the butterfly has.
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Egg
For more information on the egg, larva, pupa, and adult butterfly I used the following link for my research.
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Egg to Larva
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Larva/Caterpillar
For more information on the egg, larva, pupa, and adult butterfly I used the following link for my research.
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Larva/Caterpillar
Facts:
1. Mostly all they do is eat.
2. Eats the leaf they were born on.
3. They need to be born onto a leaf they will like since they're too tiny to travel once first born.
4. When they eat they instantly start growing and expanding.
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Larva to Pupa
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Pupa/Chrysalis
For more information on the egg, larva, pupa, and adult butterfly I used the following link for my research.
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Pupa/Chrysalis
Facts:
1. Starts once the caterpillar has reached its full length/weight.
2. Rapidly changing.
3. Spins a silk to hold its head downward during the process.
4. Going through metamorphosis.
5. Tissue, limbs, and organs are all changing from caterpillar to butterfly. -
Pupa to Adult
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Adult/Imago
For more information on the egg, larva, pupa, and adult butterfly I used the following link for my research.
http://butterfly-conservation.org/45/why-butterflies-matter.html -
Adult/Imago
Facts:
1. Long legs, long antenna, and compound eyes.
2. They can fly now, but they are unable to grow anymore.
3. Get energy from feeding on nectar from flowers, but some species don't feed at all.
4. Only live one to two weeks.
5. About an hour after emerging they are dry, full-sized, and ready for flying.
