How butterflies are formed

Have you ever wondered how butterflies are formed? I will provide you with information as to how butterflies are formed.

A butterfly starts its life as a round, oval or cylindrical egg. The shape of the egg depends on the type of butterfly it is. The butterfly lays its eggs at the bottom of a leaf.

The butterfly chooses the leaf to lay its eggs on. It chooses a leaf that the caterpillar will be able too eat when it hatches. If the butterfly chooses a leaf the caterpillar won't be able to eat. the caterpillar will die.

For butterfly eggs to hatch, it can take about four weeks in the peak of the summer in warmer climates.The eggs takes 5 to 10 days. Once the eggs has hatched the caterpillar will then eat the leaf it was born on.

One day when the caterpillar stops eating it then hangs upside down from a twig or leaf and turns itself a silky pupa or molts into a shiny chrysalis.

Once the caterpillar has transformed into a butterfly it comes out of the chrysalis/pupa before it can start flying it needs too pump blood in it's wings because the wings are flat against its body.

Next the butterfly will mate and lay round oval cylindrical eggs and the cycle will start all over again.

I hope I have given you enough information about how butterflies are formed.

A terrible day at the pools

Have you ever swallowed chlorine water before? If you haven’t you will soon find out how it feels and what it taste like.

One hot day I went to the wave pools with my friends. We wanted to get there early so there wasn’t a big queue. We all woke up at 8:00 and met everyone at the shop. We walked as fast as a cheetah on its hind legs. We didn’t get to the pools until 9:20. But that's ok because there was no one there and the waves didn’t start till 10:30 so it gave us time to get changed into our togs.

We all walked excitedly and dived into the cold relaxing water. We had a few swimming races. I came out of the water exhausted. But then something weird was happening. The water was moving back and forward over and over again. But not so long after it was getting harder and rougher. Not until I realized it was the waves bad luck for me because I was on the deep side.

I heard my friend from the shallow side scream” watch out behind you”. I turned around and there was a humongous wave behind me. The wave had swallowed me underneath it. I tried not to open my mouth so no water could come in. but it was too late, I had already opened my mouth because I needed to breathe and I was struggling to get back up and breathe.

Every time I came up for a 15 second breath I would get shoved back down. I swam as fast as a seal getting chased by a shark. As I swam I could see the ground getting closer to my face. But no the thing was that I was getting closer to the ground. I took a gulp, oh no I had swallowed chlorine. It tasted so gross and dry but I couldn’t really describe what it tasted like. I scrunched my nose with disgust. Not so long after water had gone up my nose. Even though I was underwater, I could feel  tiny tears in my eyes. It stung like a bee. I swam as fast as possible too the shallow side.

I closed my eyes all the way there. As soon as I blinked I was on the shallow side. That’s probably the last time I ever went to the pools.