Butterfly Life Cycle

One of our favorite springtime visitors in Austin is the Monarch Butterfly. We can easily distinguish them by their attention-grabbing orange and black patterns, but do you know what their caterpillars look like? What about where they hatch from?

Another popular pollinator, the Black Swallowtail, looks similar to the Monarch as a caterpillar, but looks very different as an adult! They also lay their eggs on very different plants. 

For today's Wild Wednesday, use the graphic below to help spot the similarities and differences between these two beautiful species throughout their life cycles.