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Eggs are laid on to the milkweed plant
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The cycle of the monarch butterfly from beginning to end!
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After 4 days the eggs will hatch into larvae or caterpillars. These caterpillars eat the milkweed plant and grow.
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Once the caterpillars have grown enough they turn into a chrysalis which begins as a green colour
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After two weeks of the caterpillar being in the chrysalis is turns a different colour. While the caterpillar is inside the chrysalis it is turning into a butterfly!
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The caterpillar emerges from the chrysalis after two weeks! and becomes a butterfly!
