Life cycle of the monarch – the butterfly

A female monarch butterfly with her wings spread, on a yellow dahlia (mostly obscured).

The butterfly is the adult in the monarch’s life cycle. A monarch butterfly has black and orange wings, with white dots along the edges. The female has thicker lines (or veins) on her wings, while the male has thinner lines (veins) and two black spots on his hindwings . While the caterpillars eat leaves, the […]