A Monarch caterpillar sits on one of the milkweed plants Audubon supplied this year. Milkweed serves as the only host plant for the Monarch butterfly. Monarch caterpillars eat the leaves to become large enough to pupate and form a bright green chrysalis which after several days becomes an adult Monarch butterfly.

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Keywords: butterfly, conservation, habitat, milkweed, monarch