Illustrated by Jazlyn		Illustrated by Izu
Illustrated by Daniel	Illustrated by Avery

Monarch caterpillars are so small they can hardly be seen when they hatch from an egg.  They have black, yellow and white stripes on their bodies.  They eat Milkweed all the time.  In fact they eat only plants in the Milkweed family. They have jaws in order to chew the leaves. 

The caterpillar also has other important parts.  Antennae help it to see well.  Antennae also help the caterpillar find its food.  It has true legs and prolegs at the bottom.  The legs help it crawl to places, which is important for finding and eating leaves, and for its “walk-about” to look for a place to make its chrysalis.  The three main parts are the head, and a body with the thorax and abdomen.    

Caterpillars shed their skin five times before they are ready to make a chrysalis.  They do this as they get bigger.  Caterpillars are two inches long when they are ready to make their chrysalis.

By: Daniel Smith, Avery Lee, and Jazlyn Ebron , and Izu Elfahi