Miracle of the Monarch Butterfly



... and Everything Butterflies!

The Monarch Butterfly is fascinating! It is a mystery of nature that enchants both young and old alike.

My interest began several years ago with one monarch butterfly.

Watching the beautiful creature flit around my garden, I observed the flowers on which it landed.

This prompted me to do some research on butterfly garden plants.

What I discovered is that there are two kind of plants to include when gardening for butterflies... butterfly nectar plants and butterfly host plants.

I created a butterfly garden plan which included both of these types of plants.

It wasn't long before... the monarchs arrived!

This led to more research and I decided to try my hand at raising monarchs.

I couldn't believe how easy it was and the miraculous butterfly life cycle captivated me!

Raising Butterflies

YOU can also raise Monarchs with my step-by-step guide to the life cycle of the Monarch Butterfly.

Here are the amazing butterfly stages you will observe....

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The female monarch lays a creme-colored egg on the underside of a leaf from the milkweed family of plants.
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The hungry monarch caterpillar eats many milkweed leaves and grows from the size of a comma to about 2 inches long.

Description of image The last molting of the caterpillar's skin reveals a beautiful green monarch chrysalis (right). In about a week the chrysalis turns transparent (left) about 24 hours before the monarch emerges.

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At last the day has arrived! The newly emerged monarch is drying its wings. Notice the "empty" chrysalis from which the monarch emerged on the right.


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