Day 30:
A monarch butterfly emerges from the chrysalis. It is a girl. We named her Monica.

Day 20:

The caterpillars are forming "J's" and ready to shed their skin one last time and form a pupa (click to see video) or chrysalis. The chrysalis is a jade color with gold specs. From a distance it looks like a leaf.

Day 3: Caterpillars came out of the eggs. Did you know that the caterpillar’s first meal is its own eggshell? So far we have 5 caterpillars or larva. This stage is called the first instar.

Day 1: Mr. Grasso brought in some monarch butterfly eggs on some milkweed leaves. We learned that the caterpillars should emerge from the eggs in about three days.