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Life Cycle

Body Parts

CaterpillarFacts

Kinds of Butterflies

Life CycleLife CycleThe Egg The Larva

The Pupa The Adult

The egg is white. The egg is small and it is soft. Eggs are laid on a plant it likes to eat.- Isaiah

The Egg

The larva’s head is small. The larva eats the yolk inside the egg. The caterpillars have true legs and use mandibles to eat. They have sucker feet.-Jahiem

The Larva

The pupa is surrounded by the chrysalis. A pupa grows into a butterfly. A pupa goes through a change called metamorphosis.-Chris

The Pupa

The butterfly pushes through the chrysalis. At first its wings are wet and weak. The butterfly pumps liquid into the wings. The butterfly wings grow bigger and stronger. -Janyla

The Adult

ButterflyButterflyBody PartsBody Parts

EyesLegs & Feet

Body & Wings

Compound eyes see color and patterns on flowers. Compound eyes are made up of many lenses.-Zolynn

Eyes

Butterflies have six legs. Butterflies have legs to walk. Their feet are sticky.-Merrisses

Legs and Feet

The thorax supports the butterfly’s wings. The antennae are for balancing and smelling. The abdomen holds organs that help a butterfly digest its food.-Cal

Body and Wings

CaterpillarCaterpillarFactsFacts

When a caterpillar comes out of its shell it eats a leaf right away. Caterpillars are good for birds to eat. A caterpillar’s old skin comes off about six times. Then it turns into a cocoon.-Winnie

Caterpillar Facts

A caterpillar eats a lot of leaves to grow big. A caterpillar can confuse their predators like a bird or other animal. The caterpillar molts its skin.-Taylor

Caterpillar Facts

The old skin comes off the caterpillar and it grows new skin. A caterpillar can shed six times before it’s a cocoon. It will be a butterfly when it is an adult. -Cinnamon

Caterpillar Facts

A caterpillar hatches in a week or so. Caterpillars are good food for a bird. Caterpillars spin silk from their mouth.-Jordan

Caterpillar Facts

Kinds of Kinds of ButterfliesButterflies

Morphos

Black-Veined White

Buckeye

Schmetterling

The morphos live in the rainforest. The word for butterfly in Poland is motyl.-Keegan

Morphos Butterfly

The spots on the buckeye look like deer eyes. -Amelia

Buckeye

The black-veined whites are called cho-cho in Japan. This cho-cho’s wings look like someone made an outline with a black pen and then colored it in with white paint. -Daniel

Black-Veined White

You can tell the schmetterlings apart because their color is different. Each motyl has a unique wing design. -Matthew & Zach

Schmetterlings

Created by:Mrs. Pfaff’s

2nd Grade classwith Mrs. DostalLincoln School

2010