Monarch Caterpillar

A few weeks ago we were very lucky to find a caterpillar munching on some milkweed in our front yard. We took it in and watched it munch away on some more milkweed. Soon it brought itself to the top of the jar and started to curl in a J shape.



Just a few short hours later...



It has been about a week and a half and today we noticed how you could see the wing shape through the cocoon. I took this picture about 10:30AM this moring.



JUST 45 MINUTES later we saw this...





We were all so excited to see the beautiful Monarch butterfly. Soon it was itching to be released from the jar. We opened the jar lid one last time and watched it for a while. Now it is out exploring the big world. Thank you little caterpillar for showing us your amazing transformation!