The Caterpillar Who Became A Butterfly .

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This keeps them from getting hurt. This is the resting stage. It also is the changing stage. The caterpillar starts to changes. It starts to turn into a butterfly. It starts to look different. Its shape starts to change. It then turns into a butterfly. All this happens in the chrysalis. This does not take a long time.

In stage four, the chrysalis opens. Soon a butterfly comes out. A butterfly is sometimes called an imago. It is also called an adult. Butterflies are very colorful. When the butterfly first comes out its wings are damp. The wings are also soft. The wings are folded against its body.

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The butterfly is also very tired. So the butterfly rests. Once the butterfly has rested, it will be ready to start flying. It will start to pump blood into its wings. This is to get them working and flapping. After it does this, it can now learn to fly. Butterflies cannot fly good at first. They need a lot of practice. It does not take long for them to learn. When it can fly, it will go look for food. The butterfly will also go look for a mate.

It will soon find a mate. It will then lay eggs. The lifecycle will start all over again. There are four stages. The first stage is the eggs. This is where a girl butterfly lays eggs. She lays them on a leaf. This is where the eggs hatch. It takes about five days for the eggs to hatch.

A caterpillar then comes out.

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At this stage, the caterpillar eats all the time. It also grows really fast. Once it is all the way grown, the third stage starts. This stage is the chrysalis. The caterpillar is inside the chrysalis. Inside the chrysalis, it starts to change.

It soon changes into a butterfly. Once the caterpillar has changed into a butterfly, the fourth stage starts. This is also that last stage in the life cycle. The fourth stage is the butterfly. A butterfly comes out of the chrysalis.

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It can now learn to fly. It can also find a mate. When it finds a mate, it lays eggs. Then the lifecycle process starts all over again. There are many different kinds of butterflies.

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Here are some different kinds: This is the most known butterfly in North America. This butterfly has orange and black wings. In the fall they go to Mexico. Also called the thistle butterfly. This butterfly is everywhere in North America. The wings are orange and brown. The tips of its wings have black and white spots.

This butterfly is the same color as a Monarch. But it is smaller than a monarch. This butterfly is everywhere in the United States. This type of butterfly has many different colors. The top of the wings are blue. There are small red and white dots on the tops of the wings. The bottoms of its wings are a red and brown color.

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This process is driven by the same hormone, ecdysone, but this time it works in conjunction with another hormone called the juvenile hormone. The juvenil e h ormone acts to dela y m etamorphosis throughout the whole larva stage. It works by blocking the genes in the imaginal discs — tiny disc-shaped bags of cells that kick into action when the caterpillar wraps itself in the chrysalis, eventually turning int o a n antenna, eye, wing or other butterfly bit. You see, once the larva reaches its final moult and begins its metamorphosis, strange things happen to its body.

Each cell is programmed to self-destruct through the activation of enzymes calle d c aspases. Were it not for the juvenile hormone, this could have happened at any time , killing the caterpillar. Instead, nature programmed the hormone to lower its levels at the ideal moment for metamorphosis.

With less juvenile hormone around, instead of inducing a regular moult , the ecdysone now drives the caterpillar to pupate. Once a caterpillar has disintegrated all of its tissues except for the imaginal discs, those discs use the protein-rich soup surrounding them to fuel the rapid cell division required to form the wings, antennae, legs, eyes, genitals and all the other features of an adult butterfly or moth.



One lives in trees, and the other flies. Most importantly, one eats leaves, and the other solely feeds on nectar. Unfortunately, there is little footage that shows metamorphosis at work. You can see the delicate, translucent jade wings, antennae and legs of a pupa that has not yet matured into an adult moth—a glimpse of what usually remains concealed within the cocoon.