The Monarch is a common poisonous butterfly that eats poisonous milkweed in its larval stage and lays its eggs on the milkweed plant.
Butterflies are beautiful, flying insects with large scaly wings.
The four wings and the six legs of the butterfly are attached to the thorax. The thorax contains the muscles that make the legs and wings move. It has 2 pairs of sensory tentacles, one pair on the head and another pair near the end of the abdomen. Thr green cylindrical pupa becomes transparent a day before the adult emerges. Bright orange with black wing veins and outer margins.