Monarch Lifecycle - National Wildlife Federation

If you are new to the world of monarch butterflies or doing a school project on the life cycle of the monarch butterfly, then here are a couple of great resources.

The National Wildlife Federation just published a great piece today on the life cycle of the monarch butterfly with some great pictures and video: the National Wildlife Federation version, or you can review the previous link I shared to the Chicago Nature Museum version which is all in video. Enjoy!

The Life Cycle of the Monarch Butterfly - Video

Here's a great video of the complete life cycle of the monarch butterfly produced for the Chicago Nature Museum. If you've never had the chance to see the monarch's incredible transformation (metamorphosis) from egg, through caterpillar, pupa (chrysalis), to butterfly, then this is a great way to place yourself in awe of what is going on out there in the big wide world of Mother Nature.

Watching the video is one thing, but that "big wide world of Mother Nature" that I mentioned could be your own backyard too if you live in an area where monarch butterflies are found? It's quite easy, and then you can have your own nature show playing in your own back yard and quickly learn how easy it is to become crazy for monarchs! It will fascinate you, your kids if you have any, your visitors.

So why not go here for my guidelines on how to attract monarchs to your garden.