The Monarch’s egg is very tiny.  They are formed in the female butterfly before they are  laid.  The egg has a hard outer shell called the chorion.  It also has layer of wax which helps keep the egg from drying out. Each egg is a whitish color and has raised areas on the egg shell called ridges. An egg has a mass of only 0.46 mg.  The larva can reach a mass of 1.5 gm.  That’s 3,000 times heavier than an egg!  You can find Monarch eggs wherever you find Milkweed.

By: Stephanie Via, Lyle Severs, Sevone Mitchell, Dillon Walls, and Ben Forgas