Life Cycle Of A Butterfly

Firstly, The butterfly starts off as an egg and progresses through the 4 stages of becoming a butterfly. First the egg is laid under a milkweed leaf.

Secondly, the monarch butterfly is only able to lay one egg out of 500 at a time because only 20 make it to adulthood.

Next, Inside the egg starts growing a caterpillar\larva. There are 5 parts to this stage which are called instars.

Following this, After the 5 instars the caterpillar has hatched and is now a pupa\chrysalis. The shell gardens to protect the growing butterfly within.

Finally, The shell bursts open releasing a monarch butterfly.

The 4 weeks are finished and the monarch butterfly is flying free. :)