Monarch Butterfly project

Monarch Butterfly

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Stages of the Monarch Butterfly

Getting bigger!!! (4 days after discovery)

They are about 1/2" long now

Their favorite part of the plant is the flower and fresh, new leaves

So pretty! Love the striping.

An egg that is about to hatch.

This little guy emerged about 4 hours after I brought that leaf in. I'm going to try to find another one that is close to hatching and watch it close to try to see it emerging. You can see that it's not much bigger than a pencil point. This one is now safely in the garden with his brothers. :)

Here are some other random pictures while these guys are busy growing.

This is what the plant looked like after a couple of days of the caterpillars being 'grown'. They eat a LOT!

We brought a few of them inside so that we could watch the transformation closer. Boy am I glad we did that!!!!  We got to watch the complete transformation right before our eyes. All of these pictures were taken in about 5 minutes. Amazing!!!!

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