The Monarch Butterfly By: Alisa
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The Monarch Butterfly is a wonderful looking butterfly.
The stage of the butterfly begins like this. 1. It starts off in a tiny
egg. 2. Then, it becomes a blackish yellow and white striped caterpillar
or a larva. At this stage, the caterpillar sheds its skin up to four times
as it grows to its full length to about two inches. 3. In its third
stage, the caterpillar forms a defensive shield called a chrysalis, or
pupa. This pupa's shiny and lime green with gold speckles.
4. The last stage, the caterpillar pops out from the pupa as a beautiful
black and orange monarch butterfly. It was adopted to Texas in 1995.
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