1. The monarch butterfly
first lays its eggs on a swan plant leaf then flies away to lay more eggs. You
can tell if it is a boy because it has a black dot on its hind wing. If it’s a girl it has no dot. Riley
2. The egg is on the swan
plant. It is stuck with a special glue so that the caterpillars don’t escape
from the egg. Trent
3. The caterpillar nibbles
out of the egg into the human world. It starts to eat the eggshell. When it is gone, the caterpillar goes to find
a swan plant. William
The
caterpillar is getting ready to hatch out of his/her egg. The egg is about the size of a sesame seed
and is on the underside of the swan plant leaf. Lukas
4. The caterpillar goes
around chewing the swan plant up. When
it gets bigger, it sheds its skin. Max
5. When the caterpillar is
big and fat, it sheds its skin and a chrysalis forms. Inside the chrysalis, a
soupish substance is changing. Isla
6. It stays there for a few
days. Then it turns black and hatches out. Lainee
7. Before the butterfly can
fly for its first time and collect nectar from the flowers, it has to pump
fluid into its wings so they are not limp any more. After its wings have strengthened, it flies
for the first time, and the life cycle repeats. Tom
