An unusual blue-gray monarch chrysalis. The caterpillar doesn ... “you would pretty much see a butterfly, but it would be white,” Oberhauser said. That’s because the pigment is still ...

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 and watched this butterfly slowly emerge ...

is Greek for “sleepy transformation”: a poetic description of the metamorphosis that happens in the chrysalis stage. Monarch butterflies only flap their wings around 5 to 12 times per second — much ...

DONNA THOMPSON SAYS THE MONARCH BUTTERFLY MAY BE ENDANGERED BUT NOT IN HER GARDEN. SHE HAS 600 EGGS THAT SHE RAISES FROM CATERPILLARS TO CHRYSALIS THEN TO BEAUTIFUL MONARCH BUTTERFLIES.

“If children see a monarch lay an egg, a caterpillar later emerges and then a chrysalis, then eventually a butterfly emerges right in front of them — that’s something they never forget ...

Ms. Renkl is a contributing Opinion writer who covers flora, fauna, politics and culture in the American South. NASHVILLE — After all my blue false indigo was killed by a late frost, I went down ...

“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.” ...

I have not seen where the Hempfield Township supervisors, in their infinite collective wisdoms and forethoughts, saved the monarch caterpillars’ chrysalis and milkweed before leveling the ground ...

There's nothing quite like seeing a monarch butterfly spread its wings and glide through the air. It can certainly provide a sense of calm to life's everyday stressors. But the monarchs' numbers ...