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	Eggs hatch into larvae usually 5-10 days after being laid.
	Larvae usually eat their egg case.  Larvae grow into caterpillars.
	Caterpillars eat vine and grow bigger and shed their skin several times.
	Male provides sperm.  Female provides egg
	Egg and sperm need to join together to create a new Butterfly.
	Female lays many eggs on vine.
	When they get big enough grow a hard skin.
	This is called a pupa. Pupas stay still and do not eat.  Adult Butterfly eventually comes out of  pupa.
	Adult Butterfly will live for a short time and must mate before it dies.

This diagram comes from the first website below.

Websites on lifecyle of butterflies

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/butterfly/activities/printouts/lifecycle.shtml

http://www.butterflies.org.uk/lbh_home/cycle.htm

http://can-do.com/uci/lessons99/butterfly.html

http://can-do.com/uci/lessons99/butterfly.html

http://www.myschoolonline.com/page/0,1871,2123-126557-2-37563,00.html

http://www.memphis-schools.k12.tn.us/admin/tlapages/branan_butterfly.htm

http://webtech.kennesaw.edu/mobert/shunt.htm

http://www.billybear4kids.com/butterfly/flutter-fun.html

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/butterflies/lifecycle/

http://www.lookingback.slq.qld.gov.au/butterfly/gallery_three.htm