Rodolfo Quinio
Transformation from a Monarch Caterpillar to a Pupa
IMG_6509 • This time lapse video was taken by my daughter, Rizza who raises the Monarch butterflies from the egg to a butterfly before she releases them back in her garden.
The Monarch butterflies is a very endangered species. It’s population has been decimated horrendously by snowstorms & insecticides like Roundup that kills the milkweeds a primary source of food, glyphosate & neonicotinoids.
For a while now, my daughter Rizza plants milkweeds in her garden. Because of the milkweeds, the migrating Monarchs are attracted & lay eggs on them. Rizza then collects the leaves with the eggs & places them on a special netting made container. The eggs hatch in 5-10 days to become larva (caterpillar stage). I believe she also gathers the caterpillars on the milkweeds & also places them in this netting container. The caterpillar becomes a pupa (the chrysalis phase in the butterfly development). The larva (caterpillar stage) & pupa (chrysalis stage) takes about 10-14 days (each stage) depending on how warm is the climate. After a period of 10-14 days, the pupa turns into a butterfly.
Transformation from a Monarch Caterpillar to a Pupa
IMG_6509 • This time lapse video was taken by my daughter, Rizza who raises the Monarch butterflies from the egg to a butterfly before she releases them back in her garden.
The Monarch butterflies is a very endangered species. It’s population has been decimated horrendously by snowstorms & insecticides like Roundup that kills the milkweeds a primary source of food, glyphosate & neonicotinoids.
For a while now, my daughter Rizza plants milkweeds in her garden. Because of the milkweeds, the migrating Monarchs are attracted & lay eggs on them. Rizza then collects the leaves with the eggs & places them on a special netting made container. The eggs hatch in 5-10 days to become larva (caterpillar stage). I believe she also gathers the caterpillars on the milkweeds & also places them in this netting container. The caterpillar becomes a pupa (the chrysalis phase in the butterfly development). The larva (caterpillar stage) & pupa (chrysalis stage) takes about 10-14 days (each stage) depending on how warm is the climate. After a period of 10-14 days, the pupa turns into a butterfly.