Genre - Expository Text Compare Texts Read about how baby caterpillars become butterflies. From Caterpillar to Butterfly A butterfly is not a mammal. It does not have live babies or feed milk to its young. A butterfly is an insect. It lays eggs. Look at the photo. Can you tell which is the parent and which is the offspring? Probably not! The parent is the butterfly, and its baby is the caterpillar. The parent and the offspring do not look alike right now. However, when the caterpillar is grown, it will look like its parent. isteningeButterfly Life Cycle 1. Ego ‘The adult butterfly lays an egg ona milkweed leaf. Adult 2.Larva ‘Two weeks later, an After 3 or 4 days, a tiny adult butterfly comes caterpillar comes out out of the chrysalis. of the egg. Caterpillars [twill lay an egg on are a kind of larva. The aleaf, and the cyele caterpillar eats its shell will continue. 4, Chrysalis 3. Caterpillar ‘The caterpillar For about two weeks, forms a shell around the caterpillar eats itself. The shell is "pillar leaves and called a chrysalis. grows bigger Make Connections How is a caterpillar like its parents? s ESSENTIAL QUESTION How is a butterfly’s offspring different from a bear cub? TEXT To TEXT