THE METAMORPHOSIS
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Butterflies
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Bees
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Frogs
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1st phase
The butterfly lays the eggs
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1st phase
The queen bee lays a hundred of eggs.
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1st phase
The eggs have a gelatinous covering whose
volume increases with the water.
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2nd phase
The grup get out of the egg and begins to
eat the leaves.
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2nd phase
After3 days white grubs get out of the eggs .
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2nd phase
After a week a tadpole develops. It doesn't
have eyes and mouth .
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3rd phase
The grub wraps up silk threads around the
body, constructing a cocoon.
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3rd phase
After 9 days the grubs begin to transform
themselves in pupa
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3rd phase
After two weeks the tadpole is equipped of
mouth, of gills in order to breathe the air dissolved
in the water and of tail in order to swim.
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4th phase
The pupa develops iside the cocoon
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4th phase
After3 weeks the bees develop completely.
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4th phase
The front and posterior limbs develop, while
the tail reverts.
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5th phase
Finally the adult butterfly develops from
the cocoon.
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5th phase
Finally the gills atrophy and the lungs develop.
The frog leaves the water.
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