Life Cycle of a Painted Lady Butterfly by Alexis , Kaitlyn and Courtney

• Egg slide 3
• Larva slide 4
• Pupa slide 5
• Adult slide 6
• Proboscis slide 7
• Facts About Butterflies slide 8
• Predator slide 9
• Glossary slide 10

Egg
• The first stage of the life cycle
• The butterflies lay their eggs under leaves so the weather and predators won’t kill them
• They last to 3 to 5 days

• The second stage of the life cycle
• 5 to 10 days
• Worm like
• Needs to eat a lot of leaves
• Growing and growing
• Shedding its exoskeleton

• Third stage of the life cycle
• 7 to 10 days
• It spins a silk pad to attach to a branch
• They find a safe place to rest

• The last stage of the life cycle
• Lives for 2 weeks
• Needs to find a mate
• Lays eggs before it dies
• Starts the life cycle all over again
• When it comes out of the pupa its wings are all crumpled up

Proboscis
A butterfly uses it to drink nectar

Facts About painted lady Butterflies
• 6 legs
• 3 main body parts
• They don’t have a tongue, they have a proboscis
• They lay the eggs
• Their antennae helps them smell and balance themselves
• Their taste buds are on their feet
• They lay lots of eggs before they die to make sure some hatch and larva survive to become adults
• They like the mallow plant

• Bird
• Snakes
• Spiders
• People
• Other insects
• Frogs
• Beetles
• Squirrels

• Life Span ~ the length of time it takes for an individual organism to complete
• Life Cycle ~ the stages of change that an organism goes through during its life
• Metamorphosis ~ an animals change from 1 shape to a totally different shape
• Larva ~ the caterpillar or worm like stage in the life cycle of some insects
• Pupa ~ an insect in the stage of its live cycle in which it changes from a larva to a adult

Life cycle of painted lady butterfly