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Butterfly

A butterfly lays her egg…A butterfly lays her egg…

This photograph shows a swallowtail egg on This photograph shows a swallowtail egg on the bottom of a citrus leaf. Some the bottom of a citrus leaf. Some butterflies lay their eggs in clusters and butterflies lay their eggs in clusters and some on the top side of the leaf.some on the top side of the leaf.

A baby caterpillar A baby caterpillar hatches…hatches…

Caterpillars are Caterpillars are eating machines! eating machines! First they eat their First they eat their own eggshell then own eggshell then they start eating they start eating leaves. They are leaves. They are very picky and very picky and usually only eat usually only eat the kind of plant the kind of plant they were born on.they were born on.

Caterpillars love to eat!

The caterpillar grows The caterpillar grows quickly.quickly.

Because she eats so much, the caterpillar Because she eats so much, the caterpillar is able to grow very quickly. She will soon is able to grow very quickly. She will soon be ten times her original size!be ten times her original size!

Soon she will form a Soon she will form a chrysalis.chrysalis.

The caterpillars skin will soon form a hard The caterpillars skin will soon form a hard shell called a chrysalis. Inside, the shell called a chrysalis. Inside, the caterpillar is going through some big caterpillar is going through some big changes!changes!

What do you think she will look like when she comes out?

Now she is a …Now she is a …

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This is a Swallowtail butterfly. Soon she will look for a good place to lay her eggs.

Caterpillars can look Caterpillars can look different.different.

Some of these are real caterpillars and some are not. Can you tell which ones?

They grow up to be They grow up to be different, too..different, too..

Which one do you like the best?

To learn more..To learn more..If you want to learn If you want to learn more about more about caterpillars and caterpillars and butter flies, click on butter flies, click on one of these boxes one of these boxes to visit their to visit their websites.websites.

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