Monarch from Egg to Butterfly
by Wayne Jones
Arthropods
Keywords: insect, butterfly, monarch, egg, pupa, chrysalis, metamorphosis, caterpillar, larva
The Monarch butterly begins life as an egg, seen here with a caterpillar on the left, because the generations overlap. The wings can be seen developing through the transluscent green chrysalis. Less than two weeks after pupating, the adult butterfly emerges.
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