The Monarch
- butterfly deposits ovum onto the leaf
- instar larva leaves from the egg
- at which it grows into a caterpillar
- on the leaf still
- its skin striped yellow and black
- its head from the egg visible only at first
- pigment of orange and black to come
- black tentacles
- extending from the mature monarch body
- having emerged from the chrysalis.
- butterflies pupate
- they shed their cover
- they look different
- Can you monitor them?
- How can they defend themselves?
- Can they cut it?
- they consume their egg
- they stick to the Ascelpias' underleaf
- Do they notch the leaf?
- they hang on by a thread
- Peg L. Goldman
2006