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Animals that Grow Up (Simple Life Cycle):

Most animals including fish, mammals, reptiles and birds have very simple life cycles:

they are born (either alive from their mother or hatched from eggs)

they grow up

These animals have three stages -- before birth, young and adult. The young are typically similar to the parent, just smaller. The young slowly "grow" to become adults.

Amphibians, like frogs and newts, have a slightly more complicated life cycle. They undergo a metamorphosis (a big change):

they are born (either alive from their mother or hatched from eggs)

they spend their childhood under water, breathing with gills

they grow into adults and move to the land, breathing with lungs

Animals that Undergo a Complete Metamorphosis:

Insects

These insects have four stages in their life cycle:

egg: unborn stage.

larva: young stage -- this is when most of the feeding is done.
(they usually look like worms)

pupa: inactive (no feeding) stage between larva and adult stages.
(usually well camouflaged)

adult: final, breeding stage.
(they usually grow wings)

Animals that go through a complete metamorphosis are what my daughter Kaitlyn calls "Wow!" animals -- they go to bed looking one way and wake up a completely different creature. Wow!

Animals that Undergo an Incomplete Metamorphosis:

About 10% of insects go through an incomplete metamorphosis. They do not have a pupal form -- these include dragonflies, grasshoppers and cockroaches.

These insects have three stages in their life cycle:

egg: unborn stage.

nymph: young stage -- this is when most of the feeding is done.

adult: final, breeding stage - including wings.

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lady bird beetle also called lady bug

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The Life Cycle of a Sea Turtle-Motion Graphic

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In January 2012, I traveled to Panama with 7 other students from Elon University to work with Tortuguias, an NGO that focuses on helping save Sea Turtles. They are increasingly becoming a threatened species not only by predators, but mainly by the people who live near their inhabitance.

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Life Cycle Poster of Swallowtail Butterfly

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Life Cycle Poster of Swallowtail Butterfly

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Life Cycle of the Eastern Black Swallowtail Butterfly

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Life Cycle of the Eastern Black Swallowtail Butterfly

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Ladybug or Ladybird beetle

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praying mantis

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The Life Cycle of the Monarch Caterpillar from ProjectExplorer.org

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A kid-friendly video describing the lifecycle of the Monarch caterpillar. Narrated and written by Gabrielle Pasternak. Music courtesy of Jingle Punks. The ProjectExplorer.org series was created by Jenny M. Buccos. For more on ProjectExplorer.org's children's programming visit: projectexplorer.org/​me © ProjectExplorer.org, 2011. All rights reserved.