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The Lifecycle of the Butterfly and the Silk Moth.

The Lifecycle of the Butterfly and the Silk Moth. By Darcy Piazza. The butterfly and the silk worm have unique lifecycles. Their life cycles consist of four stages: egg larva: caterpillar and silkworm pupa: cocoon or chrysalis butterfly or silk moth. First Stage: Egg.

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The Lifecycle of the Butterfly and the Silk Moth.

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  1. The Lifecycle of the Butterfly and the Silk Moth. By Darcy Piazza

  2. The butterfly and the silk worm have unique lifecycles. • Their life cycles consist of four stages: • egg • larva: caterpillar and silkworm • pupa: cocoon or chrysalis • butterfly or silk moth

  3. First Stage: Egg • Each adult butterfly and silkworm lays hundreds of eggs in neat rows. They may be round like balls or flat like pancakes. www.panoptikum. net/naturfotografie/ eier2_6e.htm

  4. Second Stage: Larva • The caterpillar and the silkworm eat and grow. Silkworms eat only mulberry leaves. Caterpillars eat leaves specific to their species.

  5. Third Stage: Pupa • The caterpillar spins a chrysalis. • The silkworm spins a cocoon.

  6. Fourth Stage:Butterfly and Silk Moth • The caterpillar hatches from it’s chrysalis into a butterfly. • The silkworm hatches from it’s cocoon into a silk moth.

  7. Begin Again! • The butterfly and the silk moth lay eggs to start the lifecycle again. www.panoptikum. net/naturfotografie/ eier2_6e.htm

  8. Fun Facts:

  9. Questions: • What are the four stages of a caterpillar lifecycle? • How many eggs do silk moths lay? • What do caterpillars and silkworms eat?

  10. Work Cited: www.panoptikum. net/naturfotografie/ eier2_6e.htm

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