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Butterfly Life Cycle
Other organisms have life cycles, too. But animal life cycles can be very
different from the life cycle of a bean plant. Some animals are born alive,
and some animals hatch from eggs. They all grow up to be adults. The
adults mate and produce offspring. The life cycle of the monarch butterfly
starts with an
egg
. A tiny larva called a caterpillar hatches out of the egg.
The caterpillar eats and grows. When it is about as big as your finger, the
caterpillar changes into a
pupa
inside a
chrysalis
. In a couple of weeks,
the adult butterfly breaks out of the chrysalis and flies away. After mating,
the
female lays eggs, completing the life cycle.
Butterfly
Life Cycle
Adult
Pupa inside a chrysalis
Larva
Egg
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