The Lifecycle of the Butterfly and the Silk Moth

							                 The Lifecycle of the
              Butterfly and the Silk Moth.




URL http://www.butterflywebsite.com   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




                         URL http://www.entomology.unl.edu/images/silkworm/silkworm.htm
                           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   URL http://www.entomology.unl.edu/images/silkworm/silkworm.htm
              Second Stage: Larva
• The caterpillar and the silkworm eat and
  grow. Silkworms eat only mulberry leaves.
  Caterpillars eat leaves specific to their
  species.




   URL http://www.pollinator.com   URL http://www.pollinator.com
                Third Stage: Pupa
• The caterpillar spins a chrysalis.
• The silkworm spins a cocoon.




       URL http://www.entomology.unl.edu/images/silkworm/silkworm.htm
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.




        URL http://www.entomology.unl.edu/images/silkworm/silkworm.htm
                                         Begin Again!
      • The butterfly and the silk moth lay eggs to
        start the lifecycle again.




                                                    URL http://www.entomology.unl.edu/images/silkworm/silkworm.htm
www.panoptikum. net/naturfotografie/ eier2_6e.htm
Fun Facts:
                Questions:
• What are the four stages of a caterpillar
  lifecycle?
• How many eggs do silk moths lay?
• What do caterpillars and silkworms eat?
                    Work Cited:
URL http://images.google.com/images?q=caterpillars&svnum=Caterpillars on leaf
baby caterpillars on a leaf

Pollinator.com
URL http://www.pollinator.com
Caterpillar pictures

Butterfly website
URL http://www.butterflywebsite.com
monarch butterfly

Entomology
URL http://www.entomology.unl.edu/images/silkworm/silkworm.htm
Silkworm pictures
www.panoptikum. net/naturfotografie/ eier2_6e.htm