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. It uses spinnerets near its mouth to create a tiny silken pad.

In just the 9 to 14 days of the larval stage, a monarch caterpillar can grow to 2,700 times its original ... Not all monarchs migrate. A typical monarch life span (from egg to adult) is 2 to 6 weeks, ...

Monarch butterflies are unique in their migration patterns. Eastern monarchs travel between Mexico and the U.S., spending ...

There are so many amazing and marvelous aspects in nature. Take the monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus) for example. This may be the most familiar and recognized butterfly in North America, yet I ...

Among the thousand and thousands of monarch butterflies heading south to Mexico this fall are a couple hundred born, raised, and released at Bluff Creek Elementary School in Chanhassen. And when ...

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

In just the 9 to 14 days of the larval stage, a monarch caterpillar can grow to 2,700 times its original ... Not all monarchs migrate. A typical monarch life span (from egg to adult) is 2 to 6 weeks, ...