the beginning

i found this little egg on a milkweed leaf. after looking up 'monarch butterfly egg' images online... i found out, it was.

this was my first egg. as the weeks went on - i started noticing more and more of these little whitish yellow dots all over my milkweed.

i was so excited that what i had read about - was happening in my yard. the monarchs were coming.

this is their first stage of life... the egg.

close up of egg right before the caterpillar hatched