Life cycle of a butterfly
Life cycle
FOUR STAGES
A butterfly starts life as a very small, round, oval or cylindrical egg. Butterfly eggs are usually laid on the leaves of plants. When the egg hatches, the caterpillar will start his work and eat the leaf they were born onto. This is really important because the mother butterfly needs to lay her eggs on the type of leaf the caterpillar will eat. As soon as a caterpillar is done growing and they have reached their full length/weight, they form themselves into a pupa, also known as a chrysalis. Inside Finally, when the caterpillar has done all of its forming and changing inside the pupa an adult butterfly emerges.
When the butterfly first emerges from the chrysalis, both of the wings are going to be soft and folded against its body.
When in the fourth and final stage of their lives, adult butterflies are constantly on the look out to reproduce and when a female lays their eggs on some leaves, the butterfly life cycle will start all over.