The Amazing Butterfly Life Cycle
A journey of amazing changes From tiny egg to beautiful butterfly
What is a Butterfly?
Butterflies are insects They have six legs They have two wings on each side They can fly and are very colorful
Stage 1: The Tiny Egg
The butterfly starts as a very small egg The egg is round and tiny It sticks to a leaf The egg is smaller than your fingernail
Stage 2: The Hungry Caterpillar
The egg hatches into a caterpillar Caterpillars love to eat leaves They eat and eat and grow bigger They shed their skin as they grow
Stage 3: The Amazing Chrysalis
The caterpillar makes a hard shell called a chrysalis Inside the chrysalis, amazing changes happen The caterpillar turns into a butterfly This takes about two weeks
Stage 4: The Beautiful Butterfly
The butterfly breaks out of the chrysalis Its wings are soft and wet at first The wings dry and become strong Now it can fly and find flowers
Where Butterflies Live and What They Eat
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Can You Remember the Four Stages?
What comes first - egg or caterpillar? What does a caterpillar love to do? What is the hard shell called? What comes out of the chrysalis?