Complete the Butterfly Life Cycle

Identify the life cycle of a butterfly with this hands-on worksheet! Students will start by cutting out the pictures and labels at the bottom of the page. Then, learners must paste each one into the correct stage of a butterfly’s life cycle. 

Created for second and third graders, this activity will help learners recognize the pattern that life cycles share: birth, growth, reproduction, and death. Metamorphosis may make a butterfly’s life cycle look different than others’, but it still follows the same pattern! Students can apply this knowledge to compare and contrast the life cycles of different organisms and discover how an organism’s traits can change throughout its life.

Learn about other organisms with Life Cycle of a Wood Frog and Life Cycle of an Oriole.