Photos of Monarch buttefly's metamorphosis from egg to caterpillar, pupa, emerging butterfly and adult butterfly in my garden. I have also created a page with photos of caterpillars and pupae which were parasitized and did not survive the process

Monarch Egg and baby caterpillar on milkweed leaf	Baby Monarch Caterpillar on milkweed seedpod
Monarch Caterpillar after shedding skin	Monarch Caterpillar
Monarch Caterpillar pupating on birdbath	Monarch Caterpillar pupating on Amaranthus leaf
New pupa showing green	Pupa showing orange and black inside
Monarch Emerging with wings still folded	Newly Emerged Monarch with wings still folded
Emerged Monarch clinging to pupa	Monarch venturing away from pupa
Monarch on pupa	Fluid ejected from Monarch
Monarch on Buddleia davidii	Monarch on Buddleia davidii