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Life Cycle of a
Painted Lady Butterfly
By: Emma L. and Abby G.
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Eggs
•Eggs are the first stage in the butterfly life cycle
•The eggs are smaller then a dime•The eggs are a pale green •Eggs are usually laid on the underside of the leaf
•They can lay more than 100 eggs
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Larva• The larva is the second stage of the butterfly’s
life cycle• The larva stage takes about 5 to 10 days to form
the pupa stage• The larva eats and grows until it’s ready to go
into the next stage• The larva molts its exoskeleton
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Pupa
The pupa is the third stage of the butterflies life cycle
Metamorphosis is happening inside the pupa stage
The pupa is very still
The pupa hangs off a twig or leaf
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Adult
• The last stage in a butterfly’s life cycle is adult
• The adult drinks nectar• The adult has bright colors• The adult will mate and lay eggs• They will lay a lot of eggs because a lot
will not survive• They have 3 body parts a head, thorax,
thorax, and abdomen
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Predators
• They can be eaten by birds and crab spiders
• Their colors make them easy to see
• Other larger insects
will eat them
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Camouflage and Warningof painted lady butterfly
and others • Butterflies can blend in with their
surroundings
• Butterflies that are poisonous have bright colors to warn other animals
• Some mimic other butterflies that are poisonous Painted lady butterflies mimic the colors of monarch’s to warn they taste bad
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Interesting Facts
• A young caterpillar is about 1mm long and when its ready to go into the pupa is about 40mm.
• A kind of fly lays its eggs in a caterpillars stomach
• Because a lot of the eggs are eaten there are many of them
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Glossary
• Metamorphosis-change completely
• Mimic-copy another thing
• Exoskeleton-an outer shell
• Proboscis-a straw like tongue