Photo By/Credit
Billings, Brett/USFWS
Date Shot/Created
08/04/2016Media Usage Rights/License
Public Domain
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Stages of caterpillar development: egg, chrysalis, instart, 2nd instar, 3rd instar, 4th instar and 5th instar on a Common milkweed leaf. Butterflies undergo complete metamorphosis, in which there are four distinct stages: egg, larva (caterpillar), pupa (chrysalis), and adult.
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