Monarch+Butterfly



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.



After about 14 days, the adult monarch butterfly emerges from its crysalis.

In a few hours, with its wings dried and hardened, the Monarch will take wing on its first flight.

These photos show the life cycle of a monarch butterfly. Students will be able to identify and sequence the life cycle of the Monarch butterfly. Students would make observations and do research. They could then use the photographs adding captions to describe the separate stages. Alice Carson