Butterfly PNG

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Butterflies have four stages in their life cycle: egg, larva (caterpillar), pupa (chrysalis or cocoon), and adulthood. This process of change is called metamorphosis. Metamorphosis begins when female butterflies lay their pinhead-sized eggs on a leaf. The reason they leave it on the leaves is that the leaves are a food source for the caterpillars. The egg period lasts for several days and caterpillars emerge from the broken eggs. During this period, which lasts about two weeks, the caterpillars molt four or five times. In the pupal stage, the caterpillar hangs itself upside down on a leaf to form a shell and stays in this cocoon for about 1 week. Depending on the species, this process can take more than a year because some butterfly species hibernate as pupae. The butterfly emerges from the cocoon, pumps blood to its wings, and begins to fly within an hour or two after drying.