1. The Lifecycle of the Butterfly and the Silk Moth.
By Darcy Piazza

2. The butterfly and the silk worm have unique lifecycles.
Their life cycles consist of four stages:
egg
larva: caterpillar and silkworm
pupa: cocoon or chrysalis
butterfly or silk moth

3. First Stage: Egg
Each adult butterfly and silkworm lays hundreds of eggs in neat rows. They may be round like balls or flat like pancakes.
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4. Second Stage: Larva
The caterpillar and the silkworm eat and grow. Silkworms eat only mulberry leaves. Caterpillars eat leaves specific to their species.

5. Third Stage: Pupa The caterpillar spins a chrysalis.
The silkworm spins a cocoon.

6. Fourth Stage:Butterfly and Silk Moth
The caterpillar hatches from it’s chrysalis into a butterfly.
The silkworm hatches from it’s cocoon into a silk moth.

7. Begin Again!
The butterfly and the silk moth lay eggs to start the lifecycle again.
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8. Fun Facts:

9. Questions: What are the four stages of a caterpillar lifecycle?
How many eggs do silk moths lay?
What do caterpillars and silkworms eat?

10. Work Cited:
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