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.

The number of monarch butterflies spending winter in the western U.S. dropped dramatically this year, despite moves to extend ...

DESCRIPTION: The monarch is a large orange butterfly that flies with its wings held in a ... Larvae in the final stages of development stop feeding to search for a location to form a pupa, or ...

The monarch butterfly is easily identified by its bold orange, black and white coloring. This fascinating insect goes through an amazing life cycle consisting of four stages: egg, larvae ...