Life Cycle Lady of a Painted Butterfly By Anthony and Liam

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Life Cycle Lady of a Painted ButterflyBy
Anthony and Liam
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Stage One Eggs
Eggs of a Painted Lady Butterfly last for 3-5
days. Eggs are the first stage of their life
cycle. Eggs are laid on a certain type of leaf.
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Stage Two Larva

• The larva can last 5-10 days
• The larva eats lots of food

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Stage Three Pupa

• The pupa lasts 7-10 days
• Inside the pupa it is doing metamorphosis
• They hang them selves upside down

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Stage four Adult

• They find a mate and lay their eggs
• They have six legs
• They have a head, thorax, and an abdomen
• The adult stage lasts for two weeks
• Adult butterflies are hunted by birds, spiders,
  frogs, squirrels, and many more
• Butterflies camouflage in the background so
  theyre difficult to see
• Butterflies around the world are becoming
  endangered of dying out
• Some butterflies go through
• migration

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Interesting Facts

• An egg of a butterfly can be the size of a grain
  of salt.
• Larvae can destroy crops and trees
• More than one pupa is pupae
• Eggs can dry out in the sun
• Not a lot of eggs grow into adults
• Some butterflies can live for a few months while
  others live for only a few days.

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Glossary

• Life Cycle-Stages in a living things life that it
  goes through
• Migration-Go to a different place at a time of
  the year

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Predators

• Frogs
• Birds
• Humans
• Spiders
• Beetles
• And more