LIFE CYCLE OF THE MONARCH BUTTERFLY

After about two weeks, and a lot of
eating, the caterpillar will be fully-grown
and find a place to attach itself so that it
can start the process of metamorphosis.
It will attach itself to a stem or a leaf
using silk and transform into a chrysalis.
2) LARVAE/CATERPILLAR
Adult butterfly lays eggs where it takes
about four days for the eggs to hatch
into larvae.
1) Egg
THE FOUR STAGES OF THE CYCLE
Adult butterfly will emerge from the pupa and fly
away, feeding on flowers and just enjoying the short
life it has left, which is only about two to six weeks.
4) ADULT BUTTERFLY
Pupa/Chrysalis phase takes 10 days. Within the
chrysalis, the old body parts of the caterpillar are
undergoing a remarkable transformation, called
metamorphosis, to become the beautiful parts that
make up the butterfly that will emerge.
3) PUPA
Everyone loves the Monarch and with such a regal name it seems only appropriate to help this beauty through our appreciation. The Monarch butterfly – or its
Maori name kakahu – is the largest butterfly in New Zealand and has been fluttering around us since the early 1800s. The four stages of the monarch butterfly are
the egg, the larvae (caterpillar), the pupa (chrysalis), and the adult butterfly.
LIFE CYCLE OF THE MONARCH BUTTERFLY
Learning Activities
PUPA (CHRYSALIS)
LARVA (CATERPILLAR)
Day 2
Day 9
Day 8
Day 9
Day 8
Day 1
Day 2
Day 1
MONARCH BUTTERFLY
LIFE CYCLE DIARY
Day 10
Day 3
Day 10
Day 3
EGGS
Day 4
Day 11
Day 4
Day 1
Day 5
Day 12
Day 5
Day 2
ADULT BUTTERFLY!
Day 6
Day 13
Day 6
Day 3
Day 7
Day 14
Day 7
Day 4