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The Butterfly Life Cycle Grade: First Subject Area: Science

By: Miss Glabach

+Stage 1: The Egg

A butterfly starts life as a very small, round or oval egg.

+Stage 2: The Caterpillar

When the butterfly egg hatches, out comes a caterpillar.

+Stage 3: The Chrysalis

When the caterpillar is all finished growing it will form itself into a chrysalis.

+Stage 4: The Adult Butterfly

When the caterpillar is all done forming and changing inside the chrysalis, out comes a beautiful butterfly.

Life Cycle of a Butterfly

Stage 1

Stage 2

Stage 3

Stage 4

Questions

1.  Caterpillar is the first stage of the Butterfly life cycle?

2.  Inside the chrysalis, the caterpillar’s body is changing into a butterfly’s body?

3.  A caterpillar hatches from an egg? 4.  A butterfly is the fourth stage of the Butterfly life

cycle? 5.  A butterfly hatches from an egg?

Other Questions!

1.  What colors are butterflies? 2.  Have you ever seen a butterfly emerge from a

chrysalis?

Answers to Questions

1.  No 2.  Yes 3.  Yes 4.  Yes 5.  No

Answers to Other Questions!

1.  Butterflies are all different colors. 2.  (own personal experience)