The caterpillar crawls away from the milkweed plant in search of a safe spot to begin the pupa stage of the monarch butterfly life cycle. It uses spinnerets near its mouth to create a tiny silken pad.

You could focus on the lifecycle of a butterfly, frog or human. Fold your card into quarters and cut into 4. In each quarter draw a stage of the lifecycle. Attach the first stage to the stick ...

When a male and a female butterfly reproduce, the female lays eggs somewhere safe. When these eggs hatch out, they become caterpillars. This is called the larva stage. Baby animals then grow into ...