The caterpillar crawls away from the milkweed plant in search of a safe spot to begin the pupa stage of the monarch butterfly ...

The pupa is a transitional stage to the adult where its true legs, wings, and antennae form. In the case of a butterfly, the pupa is inside the chrysalis (other insects may spin cocoons or pupate in ...

The butterfly appears to be a hybrid between ... according to the study. The species in the pupal stage emerges and flies in late June to early July, with a peak in the first half of July, a ...

it begins to make itself into a pupa or chrysalis. It builds itself a cocoon to hide in,but inside all sorts of changes are happening. After several days, an adult butterfly will emerge and the ...