Naturally Kiawah Magazine Volume 33 | Page 52

more of the milkweed leaf and ultimately attaches itself to a horizontal site on the plant with a silk pad. At this point it latches onto the plant, hangs down and molts into an opaque, blue-green chrysalis. Depending on the air temperature at some point in the next few weeks an adult monarch butterfly will emerge from the chrysalis. The newly hatched monarch waits f