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After a female butterfly has mated, she lays her eggs on a plant and dies.

A caterpillar hatches from each egg and begins to eat. As it eats, it outgrows its skin and grows into a new one.

When it is fully grown, its skin hardens to form a chrysalis. Changes begin to take place inside it.

After a while, a butterfly emerges from the chrysalis. It dries its wings and flies off in search of food.