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The life cycle of a butterfly.
Butterflies The life cycle of a butterfly.
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Video of Butterfly Life Cycle
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Stage One STAGE 1: EGG TO CATERPILLAR (or larve if you want to be fancy) An adult butterfly lays it’s egg on a leaf. Eggs hatch into caterpillars. The caterpillars eat all day for 2-4 weeks, and grow so quickly that they have to keep shedding their skin to give them enough space to keep growing!
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Stage Two STAGE 2: CATERPILLAR TO PUPA
The caterpillar attaches itself to a twig. It sheds its skin. The outside of the caterpillar dries to form a hard outer covering called a chrysalis. Inside, the caterpillar pupates which is fancy for changing into a butterfly!
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Stage Three STAGE 3: PUPA TO BUTTERFLY
The pupa (or chrysalis) becomes clear, or transparent for you “Fancy Kippsters”. A butterfly emerges with crumpled, wet wings. It pumps fluid into its wings to make them straight and lets them dry out. Then it goes in search of food!
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Stage Four STAGE 4: BUTTERFLY LAYS EGGS
A female butterfly lays its eggs on the underside of a leaf. It chooses the underside so that the eggs will not be seen and are safe. It chooses a leaf that the larvae (tiny caterpillars) can start eating as soon as they hatch.
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Stage One STAGE 1: EGG TO CATERPILLAR (or larve if you want to be fancy) An adult butterfly lays it’s egg on a leaf. Eggs hatch into caterpillars. The caterpillars eat all day for 2-4 weeks, and grow so quickly that they have to keep shedding their skin to give them enough space to keep growing! YES! We are here again!! That is because this is a CYCLE that repeats over and over and over again!!!
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Name the stage for each picture, and explain what is happening during this stage.
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Teaching Purpose The purpose of this powerpoint slideshow was to teach my students about the lifecycle of a butterfly. The lesson ended up going really well as the different slides and types of media helped reach the different types of learners. I have included photographs of the process, diagrams and a video to demonstrate the lifecycle of a butterfly.
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