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Life Cycle Butterfly Body Parts

CaterpillarFacts

Different Kinds of Butterflies

Life CycleLife CycleEgg Larva Pupa

Butterfly Life Cycle

Some butterflies can lay more than 1,000 eggs at a time. The eggs are very small. The eggs are yellow in color.-Gilberto

Egg

A caterpillar hatches from an egg. The caterpillar eats plants.-Matthew

Larva

The caterpillar forms a hard outer case called a chrysalis around itself. The caterpillar is now known as a pupa. -Nick

Pupa

This is the final stage of the life cycle. The pupa is now a butterfly.-Jaekwon

Butterfly

A butterfly’s life cycle is about three weeks long, depending on the butterfly.-Gabriella

Life Cycle

Butterfly Butterfly Body PartsBody Parts

Legs

Legs

Body

Eyes

Wings

Tongue

Butterflies and moths have compound eyes. -Marvin

Eyes

An adult butterfly has three legs attached to its thorax. They have extra legs, too.-Destinee

Butterfly Legs

Butterflies have skinny legs. Butterflies have black legs.-Elizabeth

Butterfly Legs

Butterflies warm their bodies by sitting in the sun. Their bodies protect them from being eaten because some butterflies blend in with plants.-Brendan

Butterfly Body

The butterflies’ wings dry out after a while. The scales make butterfly wings colorful.-Savannah

Wings

They suck up the sweet nectar with their tongue. When they are not eating, the tongue is curled like a spring.-Phileisha

Tongue

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The caterpillar eats its shell when it hatches to get energy. Then it eats the leaf.-Kobe

Caterpillar Facts

A caterpillar eats plants and it hatches from an egg. Caterpillars turn into a chrysalis and after that they will become butterflies.-Coleman

Caterpillar Facts

Caterpillars shed their skin. The caterpillar eats plants. The caterpillar goes into the cocoon. After that, the cocoon breaks and a butterfly comes out.-CiAne

Caterpillar Facts

Caterpillars molt their skin five times. Caterpillars eat plants. Caterpillars turn into a pupa and then a butterfly.-Hayli

Caterpillar Facts

A caterpillar grows inside each egg. The caterpillar makes a tent from a leaf. The caterpillar munches and crunches all the leaves she can find.-Edmond

Caterpillar Facts

Butterfly and moth caterpillars have fourteen body segments. -Hunter

Caterpillar Facts

Different KindsDifferent Kindsof Butterfliesof Butterflies

Green BeautyMorpho

Butterflies Tiger MothStriking Cattle

Heart Swallowtail

Green Beauty

Forest Mystery

Two-Headed

Brilliant green beauty lives in New Guinea. It has a wing span of five inches.-Kassidy

Green Beauty

The group of South American butterflies called morphos includes some of the world’s most dazzling butterflies. The wings of species such as Morpho Cypris are often used for jewelry.-Kylia

Morpho Butterflies

Tiger moths have broad hairy bodies. They are known as wooly bears.-De’Ayrreon

Tiger Moth

The striking cattle heart swallowtail, Parides Eurimedes, is still quite common in parts of central and South America. It can be seen from sea level to 5,000 feet, flying along the edges of rainforests.-Keirstyn

Striking Cattle Heart Swallowtail

The brilliant green beauty butterfly reminds me of a dragonfly with its long yellow bottom torso. Its beautiful long wings help it fly. It feels around with its long antennae. It has two wing sections.-Kayleigh

Brilliant Green Beauty

The forest mystery is a beautiful butterfly. It is mostly found in New Guinea.-Madeleine

Forest Mystery

The two headed butterfly can see from both sides. The female has two whiskers and two legs. The male has two whiskers and no legs.-Christian

Two-Headed Butterfly

Created by:Mrs. Pfaff’s

2nd Grade classwith Mrs. DostalLincoln School

2009