1. Q: What is this?
A: It’s a butterfly.
2. Q: What time of the year do you see these kinds of insects?
A: You can see butterflies in the summer.
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A: Butterflies come out in the summer.
3. Q: How does it get around?
A: It flaps its wings and flies.
4. Q: What kind of a butterfly is this?
A: This is a Monarch butterfly.
5. Q: What is the life cycle of a butterfly?
A: A butterfly lays eggs. When the eggs hatch, a caterpillar emerges. The caterpillar spins a cocoon for itself where it lives during the winter. During the winter, the caterpillar changes to a butterfly. It breaks out of the cocoon once the transformation from caterpillar to butterfly is complete.
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