Post on 19-Jun-2015
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A Complete Change
Life Cycle
BUTTERFLY
egg
caterpillar
pupa
butterfly
Butterfly has a very _________ life span.
Butterfly in adult stage can live from a week
to nearly a year depending on the species.
Caterpillars spend most of their time
eating leaves using strong mandibles
(jaws).
A caterpillar's first meal, however, is its
own eggshell.
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Caterpillar as it
grows, it sheds its
skin 4 or more times
so as to enclose its
rapidly growing body.
Life Cycle
FROG
eggs
tadpolesfrog
The eggs will hatch within 3-25 days depending on the species and water temperature. If it is warmer, it will be faster. Tadpoles eat plants and decaying animal matter. However, some will eat eggs of other frogs and even tadpoles.
Not all eggs or tadpoles will make it to the
adult stage.
It might take a less than 2 weeks or even up
to a few months.
Do you knw that????
Life Cycle
HEN
eggs
hen
chick
How long a chicken’s live span?
The live span of a chicken
is about 10 to 15 years.
A chicken lays an average of 300 eggs per year. The chicken will sit on her eggs to keep them warm so that they will hatch into chicks. A chicken takes 21 days to hatch.
How long
does it take
for a chicken
egg to
hatch?
Life Cycle
MOSQUITO
eggs
larva
pupa
mosquito
A female mosquito's eggs will hatch within ______ hours and will develop into larva.
Larva will molt approximately ___ times and grow rather quickly.
After the fourth molting, they develop legs and wings and become pupa.
Pupa cannot eat.
Pupa emerge as adults within two days.
They will rest on top of the water until they are strong enough to fly, at which time they will search for food.
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When the temperature is favourable, the mosquito life
cycle, from egg to adult, can be completed in 10 days.
How much tim
e
it take to
a
mosquito to
complete it’s li
fe
cycle?
Life Cycle
HOUSE FLY
eggs
larva
pupa
House fly
The Common House Fly can complete its life cycle in
_____________ days.7-10
The adults usually live
________________ days.15-25 days
Adults use their mouthparts like a
straw and can only drink food that is in liquid form.