2. The life cycle of a Butterfly

3. The female butterfly lays its tiny eggs on a leaf. The egg is stage 1 of the life cycle of a butterfly.

4. The eggs begin to hatch after 3 days.

5. The caterpillars set off to find some food. They eat and eat and eat, and get bigger and bigger and longer and longer until they are too big for their skins. The caterpillar is the 2 nd stage of the life cycle of a butterfly

6. After lots of eating it looks for a place to hang upside down and build a chrysalis around itself. The Chrysalis is the 3 rd stage of the life cycle of a butterfly

7. The caterpillar stays inside the chrysalis for almost 2 weeks. It then nibbles a small hole in the chrysalis, pushes it self out, and....

8. It is a beautiful butterfly. This is the 4 th stage of the life cycle.

9. The life cycle of a Butterfly! 1. Egg 2. Caterpillar 3. Chrysalis 4. Butterfly