The monarch butterfly life cycle begins with a whirl of wings in the heat of the summer sun. As a female monarch sips nectar from a wildflower, a male hovers nearby. A pheromone is released from ...

Each caterpillar then undergoes a complete physical transformation called metamorphosis Now resembling a butterfly, it emerges from the chrysalis ready to mate so the cycle can continue ...

And one of the most amazing changes in nature is the life cycle of the butterfly called… metamorphosis. Me-ta-mor-pho-sis. When a male and a female butterfly reproduce, the female lays eggs ...