and moths are called caterpillars during their larval stage. The caterpillar crawls away from the milkweed plant in search of a safe spot to begin the pupa stage of the monarch butterfly life cycle.

Monarch butterflies depend on human intervention to thrive in the wild, as highlighted by the traveling exhibit "Monarchs and ...

The iconic monarch butterfly is declining across North America. You can help make a difference by providing the species with ...

Monarch butterflies are poisonous to predators because of the chemicals in the milkweed they eat as caterpillars. In just the 9 to 14 days of the larval stage, a monarch caterpillar can grow to 2,700 ...

Monarch caterpillars only eat the milkweed plant ... “And they grow fast,” Crowther said. “Every stage takes two weeks. They say that if humans grew at that rate, we’d end up being ...