Did you know…
- butterflies lay their eggs one at a time on milkweed leaves?
- eggs stay there for four days before the caterpillar comes out?
- When the caterpillar comes out,it is so small that you can’t even see its stripes?
- Caterpillars shed their skin five times before turning into chrysalises?
- In the time that they’re growing from teeny tiny to huge,they can completely obliterate a newer milkweed plant?
- monarch caterpillars are a great breakfast and lunch companion for the kids?
- 2 weeks is a very very long time to care for something that isn’t a friend or family member and I cannot wait for these guys to hit their next milestone so I can be done with feeding them?
Baby caterpillar. So small you can't see its stripes!
This is what I’ve learned in the past week. What random facts do you know about monarchs?