This is the butterfly unfolding its wings after it emerged from the chrysalis. For days we have been watching the chrysalis as it hung from a twig of the swan plant. It was so exciting  to find the beautiful butterfly drying its wings. How amazing that such a large butterfly came out of a very small chrysalis!  

The Life Cycle of a Butterfly by Michael.

The butterfly lays eggs. The egg hatches and  out comes a caterpillar. The caterpillar eats the egg shell and the swan plant leaves.  The caterpillar hangs upside down. The caterpillar splits its skin and becomes a chrysalis. In ten days out comes the butterfly. It dries its wings and flies away and lays eggs.