my sister-in-law found a chrysilis on her porch and we think it belonged to a monarch but i'm not sure if there's any milkweed near her house so we're not sure if it is or isn't a monarch. was wondering if someone had any pics of a common milkweed that would grow wild in northwestern arkasas so we could identify. thanks a bunch!!

I used to hatch monarch's for my kids when they were small. We would get the catapillars, and watch them go through the cycle of transformation. It was a wonderful way to explain death to them, also ( the change from this body out). Here is a link to the crysalis of a monarch. It is transparent, as the change takes place inside, the color changes on the outside. Green is the catapillar, then it turns black and orange, which is the butterfly forming.

Monarch Crysalis

Milkweed pic

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