The making of the chrysalis is complete. It takes 10 days to two weeks for a monarch to transform from a pupating caterpillar to an adult. “I fell in love with monarchs when I found a chrysalis ...

“Nothing beats seeing that look of wonder when they see a monarch butterfly emerge from a chrysalis,” Pulscher said “It’s a small miracle every time.” ...

Monarchs’ scientific name, Danaus plexippus, is Greek for “sleepy transformation”: a poetic description of the metamorphosis that happens in the chrysalis stage. Monarch butterflies only flap their ...

The Monarch’s journey begins as a tiny ... shedding its skin five times. It then forms a chrysalis, a jade-green cocoon flecked with gold, where its body liquefies and transforms.

“We just have a fun time looking at the butterflies and picking up our chrysalis.” Monarch Watch’s butterfly tagging event at the Baker University Wetlands is set for 7:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Sep ...

VERNON — Vernon is an entry point for monarch butterflies migrating north from their wintering ... The kids would watch them transform from caterpillar to chrysalis to butterfly over the span of a ...

Monarch butterflies may soon get federal protections after nearly a decade-long effort to preserve the species. The monarch's eastern migratory population has fallen about 80% in the past couple ...

The king of butterflies is under threat, and the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service is proposing a “threatened” classification ...

Monarchs’ scientific name, Danaus plexippus, is Greek for “sleepy transformation”: a poetic description of the metamorphosis that happens in the chrysalis stage. Monarch butterflies only flap their ...