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Caterpillar (larva) |
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Monarchs are caterpillars for a couple of weeks. They spend that time eating milkweed leaves.
After eating their fill of milkweed, the caterpillar forms a shiny green and gold speckled crysalis. This is the pupal stage |
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After about 14 days, the adult monarch butterfly emerges from its crysalis. You can see that some are still very green and one is 'clear', which means it's nearly ready to come out. |
Then,
after a couple of weeks, they do a walk-about to find a good place
to hang and prepare for the next stage.
