The Lifecycle of the Butterfly and the Silk

Moth.

By Darcy Piazza

URL http://www.butterflywebsite.com

The butterfly and the silk worm have unique lifecycles.

• Their life cycles consist of four stages: – egg– larva: caterpillar and silkworm– pupa: cocoon or chrysalis– butterfly or silk moth

URL http://www.entomology.unl.edu/images/silkworm/silkworm.htm

First Stage: Egg

• Each adult butterfly and silkworm lays hundreds of eggs in neat rows. They may be round like balls or flat like pancakes.

URL http://www.entomology.unl.edu/images/silkworm/silkworm.htm www.panoptikum. net/naturfotografie/ eier2_6e.htm

Second Stage: Larva

• The caterpillar and the silkworm eat and grow. Silkworms eat only mulberry leaves. Caterpillars eat leaves specific to their species.

URL http://www.pollinator.com URL http://www.pollinator.com

Third Stage: Pupa

• The caterpillar spins a chrysalis.

• The silkworm spins a cocoon.

URL http://www.entomology.unl.edu/images/silkworm/silkworm.htm

Fourth Stage:Butterfly and Silk Moth

– The caterpillar hatches from it’s chrysalis into a butterfly.

– The silkworm hatches from it’s cocoon into a silk moth.

URL http://www.entomology.unl.edu/images/silkworm/silkworm.htm

Begin Again!

• The butterfly and the silk moth lay eggs to start the lifecycle again.

URL http://www.entomology.unl.edu/images/silkworm/silkworm.htm www.panoptikum. net/naturfotografie/ eier2_6e.htm

Fun Facts:

Questions:

• What are the four stages of a caterpillar lifecycle?

• How many eggs do silk moths lay?

• What do caterpillars and silkworms eat?

Work Cited:

URL http://images.google.com/images?q=caterpillars&svnum=Caterpillars on leafbaby caterpillars on a leaf

Pollinator.comURL http://www.pollinator.comCaterpillar pictures

Butterfly websiteURL http://www.butterflywebsite.commonarch butterfly

EntomologyURL http://www.entomology.unl.edu/images/silkworm/silkworm.htmSilkworm pictures

www.panoptikum. net/naturfotografie/ eier2_6e.htm