By Riley

EggLarvaPupa

Butterfly

EGGFemale butterfly

lays egg on a leafA little caterpillar

grows inside the eggs

An egg is white or light green.

LARVAAnother name for

larva is caterpillar. It is very hungry. It munches leaves

and grows bigger. When the larva is big

enough, it stops eating and settles on a tiny leaf.

This caterpillar is crawling on a leaf.

PUPAA full grown

caterpillar spins a case around itself.

The larva is now called a chrysalis or pupa.

Inside the chrysalis the body changes in many ways until it becomes an adult.

This pupa is hanging from

a thin peace of silk.

ADULT BUTTERFLYThe newly formed

butterfly emerges through the chrysalis.

The adult butterfly sits for a while, until it is ready to fly.

It tries out its wings.One day it may lay

eggs of its own, and new caterpillars start to grow.

This butterfly is flying over a leaf. It may lay some eggs.

1.egg

2.larva

3.pupa

4.butterfly