Amelia GonzalezAmelia GonzalezKennesaw State UniversityKennesaw State University

S2L1.S2L1. Students will investigate the Students will investigate the life cycles of different living life cycles of different living organisms. organisms.

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What is a Butterfly?What is a Butterfly? The Life Cycle of a ButterflyThe Life Cycle of a Butterfly

Stage 1- EggStage 1- Egg Stage 2- LarvaStage 2- Larva Stage 3- PupaStage 3- Pupa Stage 4- ButterflyStage 4- Butterfly

Review the 4 StagesReview the 4 Stages Parts of a ButterflyParts of a Butterfly What Do Butterflies Eat?What Do Butterflies Eat? How Long Do Butterflies Live?How Long Do Butterflies Live? Interesting Butterfly FactsInteresting Butterfly Facts The Very Hungry CaterpillarThe Very Hungry Caterpillar What is Your Favorite Fruit?What is Your Favorite Fruit? Butterfly WebsitesButterfly Websites

Butterflies are Butterflies are beautiful, flying insects beautiful, flying insects with large scaly wings. with large scaly wings. Like all insects, they Like all insects, they have six jointed legs, 3 have six jointed legs, 3 body parts, a pair of body parts, a pair of antennae, compound antennae, compound eyes, and an eyes, and an exoskeleton. exoskeleton.

The Complete Life CycleThe Complete Life CycleThere are There are 4 stages4 stages..

Egg

LarvaPupa

Butterfly

Click here to watch the life cycle video. Make sure to press play!

Stage 1Stage 1 The EggThe Egg

A butterfly starts it’s A butterfly starts it’s life as an egg. life as an egg.

Stage 2Stage 2Larva or CaterpillarLarva or Caterpillar

The larva (caterpillar) hatches The larva (caterpillar) hatches from the egg and eats leaves from the egg and eats leaves and flowers almost constantly.and flowers almost constantly.

Stage 3Stage 3Pupa or ChrysalisPupa or Chrysalis

It turns into a pupa (chrysalis). It turns into a pupa (chrysalis). This is the resting stage.This is the resting stage.

Stage 4Stage 4 A Butterfly A Butterfly

A beautiful, flying adult butterfly A beautiful, flying adult butterfly emerges!!!!! emerges!!!!!

Stage 1Stage 1EggEgg

Stage 2Stage 2Larva or Larva or

CaterpillarCaterpillar

Stage 3Stage 3Pupa or Pupa or

ChrysalisChrysalis

Stage 4Stage 4ButterflyButterfly

antenna

wing

head

thorax

abdomen

Adult butterflies sip nectar from flowersAdult butterflies sip nectar from flowers through their tongues, which act like straws.through their tongues, which act like straws.

An adult butterflies average life span is about two weeks or less.

As caterpillars grow they shed As caterpillars grow they shed their skin.their skin.

In North America there are In North America there are over 700 species of over 700 species of butterflies.butterflies.

All butterflies have six legs All butterflies have six legs and feet.  and feet. 

Butterflies prefer flowers that Butterflies prefer flowers that are pink, yellow, red, or are pink, yellow, red, or purple and have single petals. purple and have single petals.

Butterflies taste their food Butterflies taste their food through their feet not their through their feet not their proboscis.proboscis.

Interesting Butterfly Facts

By Eric Carle

The Very Hungry Caterpillar ate many different kinds offood, but did you notice how many fruits he ate? Lookat the graph below to find out.

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apple

pears

plums

strawberries

oranges

Favorite Fruits

apple

pears

plums

strawberries

oranges

Here is an example of how information looks on apie graph.

We are going to take a class vote and find out which fruit our class likes best. We will thengraph our information on a pie graph.

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