Butterfly Life Cycle

There was an egg,
On a tree,
Teeny, tiny egg you see...

Teeny, tiny, insect egg,
Hatched a tiny,
Thing with legs...

And that tiny,
Furry mound,
Took a tiny,
Look around,
What's that furry,
Crawling thing?
Here's the answer,
Here I sing...
Caterpillar,
From the egg,
Eating leaves,
Gets well-fed...
Caterpillar,
Eats a heap,
Finds a quiet place to sleep...
Larva covered,
Covered soon,
In a really, cool cocoon...

Inside changes,
Did occur,
Metamorphosis?
Yes sir!
And it waited,
Wait and wait,
Turns to something really great...
One day I see,
With my eye,
This beautiful,
Butterfly!

LIfe cycle of a butterfly: During its lifetime, a butterfly goes through a complete metamorphosis. It starts as an egg which hatches into the larval form- the caterpillar. The caterpillar eats and grows until it has enough energy to move into its pupal stage- often making a chrysalis or cocoon. Inside the cocoon, the caterpillar goes through its metamorphosis and eventually emerges as a butterfly. The butterfly mates and lays new eggs to start the life cycle over again.

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