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Title: The Life Cycle of a Monarch Butterfly


1
The Life Cycle of a Monarch Butterfly
  • A presentation by Nicole Gaughan

2
You Will Learn.
  • What a life cycle is
  • The life cycle of a Monarch butterfly
  • The stages a Monarch butterfly goes through
  • Some vocabulary terms that go along with the
    stages

3
Life Cycles
  • A life cycle is all the changes that happen to an
    organism between birth and death.
  • A life stage is a change or event that happens at
    one point of life.
  • Metamorphosis is a series of life stages that an
    insect goes through to become and adult.
    Butterflies have four life stages during their
    life cycle.

4
Monarch Butterfly Life Cycle Stages
Egg
1.
2.
Caterpillar
3.
4.
Chrysalis
Adult Butterfly
5
Stage 1 The Egg
  • found on the underside of milkweed leaves
  • tiny, round and oval in shape and size
  • hatches in 3-5 days when the weather is warm

6
Stage 2 The Caterpillar (or larva)
  • long and worm like
  • usually brightly colored with an interesting
    pattern
  • sheds its skin a couple of times because its
    growing bigger
  • stays a caterpillar for about 14 days

7
Stage 3 The Chrysalis (or pupa)
  • transformation stage
  • caterpillar spins a cocoon (a silk covering)
  • made when a caterpillar spins silk and attaches
    itself to a branch
  • starts out a green color and then turns brown and
    orange
  • takes 10-12 days for the butterfly to be ready
  • Butterfly emerging from the chrysalis

8
Stage 4 Adult Butterfly
  • the butterfly is fully developed
  • it doesnt grow anymore
  • it can only eat liquids
  • usually lives for 14-42 days

9
Summary
Life Cycle Stages
  • 1. Egg found on leaves and stems of milkweed
    plants, tiny, oval in shape and hatches in 3-5
    days
  • 2. Caterpillar long and worm like, usually
    brightly colored with an interesting pattern and
    sheds its skin a couple of times because its
    growing bigger
  • 3. Chrysalis transformation stage, usually brown
    or green, made when a caterpillar spins silk and
    attaches itself to a branch and takes 10-12 days
    for the butterfly to be ready
  • 4. Adult Butterfly the butterfly is fully
    developed, it doesnt grow anymore and it can
    only eat liquids

10
Acknowledgements
  • Butterfly stages chart http//www.hhmi.org/
    coolscience/butterfly/index.html
  • Monarch butterfly picture http//www.kidzone.ws/an
    imals/monarch_butterfly.htm
  • caterpillar picture
    http//www.kidzone.ws/animals/monarch_butterfly.ht
    m
  • Butterfly eggs picture
    http//home.vicnet.net.au/fbpw/but_fly1.htm
  • Butterfly stages information http//www.usd.edu/es
    ci/age/content/natural_clocks/butterfly/butterfly.
    html
    http//home.vicnet.net.au/fbpw/but_fly1.htm
  • Chrysalis picture http//www.usd.edu/esci/age/cont
    ent/natural_clocks/butterfly/butterfly.html
  • Butterfly life cycle video http//education.apple.
    com/education/ilife/project_template.php?project_i
    d83subject_id4
  • Butterfly emerging from chrysalis website
    pictures http//www.adver-net.com/Mon
    emerg.html
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