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The Butterfly Life Cycle
A Reading A–Z Level H Leveled Book Word Count: 233
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LEVELED BOOK • H
Written by Torran Anderson
The Butterfly Life
Cycle
The Butterfly Life Cycle Level H Leveled Book
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Correlation LEVEL H
H 13–14
14 Fountas & Pinnell Reading Recovery
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Level H Leveled Book
© Learning A–Z Written by Torran Anderson All rights reserved.
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Alamy; page 8 (bottom): © iStock/triggermouse; page 9 (top left): © iStock/Joe Pogliano; page 9 (top right, bottom left, bottom right): © Scott Camazine/Alamy;
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Correlation LEVEL H
H 13–14
14 Fountas & Pinnell Reading Recovery
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The Butterfly Life Cycle Level H Leveled Book
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Visuals Unlimited, Inc.; page 7 (main): © Cathy Keifer/Dreamstime.com; page 7 (bottom), page 13 (bottom): © Le Do/123RF; page 8 (main): © Blend Images/
Alamy; page 8 (bottom): © iStock/triggermouse; page 9 (top left): © iStock/Joe Pogliano; page 9 (top right, bottom left, bottom right): © Scott Camazine/Alamy;
page 10: © Patty Jenks/Dreamstime.com; page 11 (all but bottom right), page 12 (left, right), page 13 (left, right): © Michael Durham/Visuals Unlimited, Inc.;
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Correlation LEVEL H
H 13–14
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Gloss ary
bu tte rfly (n .) an i nsec t with f ou r
win gs t ha t are b rig ht
in c olo r (p . 4)
ca te rpill ar (n.) the l arv a of a b utt erfl y
or m oth ( p. 5 )
lif e cyc le (n.) the s ta ge s of c ha ng e
tha t an o rg an ism g oe s
thro ug h du rin g its l ife
(p . 4)
ma te (n .) the p artn er of a n
an im al ( p. 1 4)
pu pa (n.) an i
mm atu re i nsec t
in th e sta ge b etw een
a la rva a nd a n ad ult
(p . 1 0)
sta ge s (n .) per io ds o f tim e in th e
gro wth o f so me thin g,
suc h as a n ins ect ( p. 4 )
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A monarch butterfly may only live for two to six weeks.
The female monarch lays her eggs.
The butterfly life cycle starts again.
A female monarch butterfly may lay 400 to 500 eggs in her lifetime!
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The Butterfly Life Cycle • Level H
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The L ife C ycl e
A mo na butt rch erfl as y h
fou r sta ges in i ts life cyc le .
Lif e Cyc le o f a But ter fly
eg g pupa
ad
ult ter but
fly
cat erp illa r
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Table of Contents
The Life Cycle . . . 4
Egg . . . 5
Pupa . . . 9
Adult Butterfly . . . 11
Glossary . . . 16
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The b utt erfl y ha ng s fo r
three t o fou
r hou rs.
The s un a nd a ir d ry i ts wi ng s.
Mo st m ona rch b utt erf
ly win
gs a re a bo ut 4 i nch es ( 10 c m) f ro
m o tip. tip t
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Then, the butterfly is able to fly.
It flies off to eat.
It also searches for a mate.
Monarch butterflies drink nectar, a sweet liquid made by plants.
They sip nectar with a long tongue shaped like a tube.
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14
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12 11
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The n ew b utt erfl y res ts.
The b utt erfl y mus t ha ng u psi de
do wn , or i t will n ot b e ab le t o fly .
Wh
ile t
he b utt erf
ly h
an gs, i t pus he s liq uid i nto i ts w
in
gs t o ma
ke . old unf them
5
Egg
A fem ale m ona rch b utt erfl y
la ys a n egg o
n a lea f.
A ca ter pill ar g row s
ins id e the t iny eg g.
The eg g ha
tch es i n
three t o tw
elv e da ys.
A yo un g ca te rp
illa
r ha tch es f ro m its e gg . A fem ale m ona
rch af. n a le gg o ne e ays o nly l ally o y usu rfl te but
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Adult Butterfly The pupa comes out of its shell.
It is now a butterfly.
Its wings are wet.
The butterfly breathes in air to make its body bigger. Then, the shell splits so the butterfly can climb out.
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The hungry caterpillar eats all the time.
First, the caterpillar eats its own eggshell.
Then, the caterpillar eats the leaf it is on.
The young caterpillar eats its own shell. If there are two eggs on a leaf, the caterpillar will eat the other egg first!
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Ne w ski n is u nd er the o ld s kin .
The c aterpi lla r shed s its s kin
fou r to s ix tim es.
The c aterpi lla r gro ws
fo r tw o to f our w eeks.
The c ate rp
illa
r’s b rig ht b
la
ck a nd y ello w co
lo
rs w arn a nim als t ha
t t it. y ea f the ick i et s y will g the
Do Y ou K now
?
s llar rpi cate arch Mononl y eat th e lea ves o
f the t. lan d p wee milk
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The caterpillar grows quickly.
Its skin does not grow.
The caterpillar’s skin splits and peels away.
The caterpillar puts down sticky silk. The silk keeps the old skin in place while the caterpillar wiggles out of it.
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Pupa
When th e cat
erpilla r is g row n,
it h an gs f ro m a bra
nch .
It s hed s its s kin o ne l ast t im e.
The n ew s kin i s bri ght g reen .
The c ate rp
illa
r’s s kin s plit s do wn i ts b ack l
ike a z
ip
pe r!
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This green skin becomes hard.
The caterpillar is now a pupa.
It will stay inside its shell for one to two weeks.
The green pupa looks like a leaf. The color helps it hide from other animals.
