How long monarch pupa

A monarch is an egg for days. Can you find the monarch egg? Female monarch butterflies lay their eggs only on milkweed plants. When the eggs hatch, milkweed is the only food monarch caterpillars eat. The Caterpillar or Larva This monarch butterfly hatched just a few minutes ago.

It is eating its own shell. Nothing is wasted in nature! A monarch is a caterpillar for days. Eating and Growing Monarchs spend the caterpillar stage of their lives eating and growing. This monarch ate the leaf it was standing on. It took only 20 minutes! Can you find two?

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