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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.

short

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.