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The Butterfly Cycle
2nd Grade
Ms. Mijangos
Lockwood Elementary
How many types of butterflies are there?
Can you name some?
There
are many species of
butterflies
Such as:
 Monarch
Buckeye
Butterfly
Butterfly
Ulysses Butterfly
DogFace Butterfly
Cabbage White Butterfly
Monarch Butterfly
Important Vocabulary

caterpillar: when the larva has grown its full size

Chrysalis/pupa: the hard shell when the caterpillar is transforming

larva: wormlike creature

Transforming: changing

Molt: shedding
Fun fact:Butterflies
fly between 5 and 30
miles an hour.
The life cycle
The
butterfly like all animals have a
life cycle. There are 5 stages of their
development.
Can you guess what the first stage is?
First Stage
An
adult female butterfly lays about
300-500 eggs on a leaf. Five days
later the eggs hatch and the larva are
born.
Second Stage
During
this stage the larva eats the
leaves around it so it can grow.
As
it grows it molts it skin many
times and becomes a caterpillar.
Third Stage
As
the caterpillar grows it full size it
hangs upside down on a branch.
As it hangs the caterpillar becomes a
pupa/chrysalis
During this time the pupa is
transforming into a butterfly
Fourth Stage
Two
weeks later the butterfly breaks
through the chrysalis as an adult.
The butterfly lays on the leave to dry its
leaf.
Then the butterfly suck nectar from the
flowers.
The four stages of the life cycle
Review
Can
you name 2 kinds of butterflies?
How many stages are in the life
cycle?
Can you describe 2 stages?
Websites
 http://www.tooter4kids.com/LifeCycle/Butterfly_
Life_Cycle.htm
 http://www.hhmi.org/coolscience/butterfly/
 http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/butt
erfly/activities/printouts/lifecycle.shtml