AP PSYCHOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -There are four stages in the metamorphosis of butterflies and moths: egg, larva, pupa, and adult.

Detailed explanation-2: -Stage 4: Adulthood Adult butterflies leave behind their chrysalis and take to the air on their new wings. Once they reach this stage of life, butterflies spend most of their time looking for a mate, and they may not have long. On reaching adulthood, many butterfly species live for less than a month.

Detailed explanation-3: -The larva is called the first or the primary stage of an insect life cycle, later followed by a pupal stage. The larva is a worm-like creature, which emerges from an egg.

Detailed explanation-4: -Butterflies have four life stages, the egg, the larva (caterpillar), the pupa (chrysalis), and the adult butterfly. Each of the four stages are very unique to individual species of butterflies which is part of what makes watching and raising butterflies so much fun.