Monarch Butterfly life cycle, stage 2:

🐛 The caterpillar stage (aka larva) lasts about 2 weeks.

It eats nonstop—milkweed—and molts 5 times as it grows!

Think of it as the butterfly’s version of a teen with an endless appetite. 😅

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