Butterfly Life Cycle

Chrysalis

Caterpillar

Adult

Cocoon

Help them stay safe in their habitats

Help them migrate to warmer places

Help them go through metamorphosis

Warn predators that they are poisonous

A proboscis

A chrysalis

A pupa

A larva

Larva

Insects

Grains

Nectar

The larva eats a lot and sheds its skin as it grows bigger.

The adult uses camouflage to hide and hunt in its habitat.

The adult lays eggs on leaves, branches, and other places.

The larva goes through big changes to turn into an adult butterfly.

to stay safe from predators

to find good places to lay eggs

to communicate with others

to help them search for food

to lay its eggs

to bite its food

to see and hear

to drink nectar

It uses its antennas.

It uses its long nose.

It uses its tiny tongue.

It uses its two wings.

The larva eats to grow bigger.

The larva changes to a pupa.

A larva hatches from an egg.

The pupa changes to an adult.

Butterfly wings are covered in scales.

Butterflies have three pairs of legs.

Butterflies can be bright colors.

Butterfly caterpillars spin cocoons.