Butterfly life cycle - for kids

Tiny eggs are laid on a leaf. Around 5 days later, a tiny wormlike creature will hatch.

The caterpillar is the primary eating and

growth stage of the insect.

The pupa or chrysalis is the resting or transformation stage, and within it the marvelous transformation from caterpillar to adult takes place.

The adult emerges from the chrysalis.

A butterfly or moth is emerging now. The pupa skin splits, the limp, damp butterfly crawls out-now with compound eyes, a proboscis for feeding and six legs. The wings are expanded and blood is pumping into them.

Butterfly Life Cycle