Butterfly life cycle
Year 2 onwards
Egg, caterpillar, chrysalis, butterfly. Four stages with SVG artwork and a tap-to-reveal blurb per stage.
Stages: Egg → Caterpillar → Chrysalis → Butterfly
Life Cycle Viewer Library
Eight curated life cycles for primary science: butterfly, frog, plant, bird, chicken, salmon, ladybird and human. Every stage ships SVG artwork, a kid-friendly blurb and clean PNG export. Year 2 to Year 5.
8 entries · tap any name to open it in the live Life Cycle Viewer.
Animals
Frog life cycle
Year 2 onwards
Frogspawn, tadpole, froglet, frog. The classic Y2 amphibian metamorphosis with crisp pond-themed artwork.
Stages: Frogspawn → Tadpole → Froglet → Frog
Chicken life cycle
Year 2 onwards
Egg, chick, pullet, hen. The 21-day incubation is a perfect primary maths cross-link.
Stages: Egg → Chick → Pullet → Hen
Bird life cycle
Year 3 onwards
Egg, chick, fledgling, adult. Generic songbird artwork that pairs cleanly with garden-bird studies.
Stages: Egg → Chick → Fledgling → Adult bird
Ladybird life cycle
Year 3 onwards
Egg, larva, pupa, adult. A four-stage insect cycle with surprising larva artwork (kids never expect that shape).
Stages: Egg → Larva → Pupa → Adult
Salmon life cycle
Year 4 onwards
Egg, fry, smolt, adult. The Y4 migration cycle with the upriver-spawn climax.
Stages: Egg → Fry → Smolt → Adult
Plants
Plant life cycle
Year 3 onwards
Seed, seedling, plant, flower, fruit. Five stages making the seed-to-seed loop concrete for Y3 botany.
Stages: Seed → Seedling → Plant → Flower → Fruit
Humans
Human life cycle
Year 5 onwards
Baby, child, teenager, adult. Used in the Y5 changes-as-humans-develop unit.
Stages: Baby → Child → Teenager → Adult