Jacqueline Espinoza

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Jacqueline Espinoza

• EED 602
• April 1, 2005

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The Life Cycle of a Butterfly

• The Butterfly has many stages in its life.

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Egg

• The butterfly begins its life as an egg.
• The egg is laid on milkweed leaves.

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Caterpillar

• The egg hatches into a caterpillar and it eats
  milkweed.
• The caterpillars grow very quickly.

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Pupa

• When the caterpillar is ready it makes the pupa
  to begin to convert.

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Butterfly forms in the pupa

• 24 hours prior to the release

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Butterfly breaks free

• When the butterfly is done forming in the pupa
  stage, the butterfly begins to break free.

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The Adult Butterfly

• When the butterfly breaks free it forms into a
  beautiful adult butterfly in a variety of shapes
  and colors.

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Summary of Butterfly lifecycle

• Hope you enjoyed learning about the butterfly!