This caterpillar, feeding on a common milkweed plant, will become a monarch butterfly.
Credit: Peggy Greb/U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service

April 14, 2004

Raising Caterpillars

Any caterpillar or larva you find in the field will grow into a butterfly or moth. Read more.

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