Dear Master Gardener: I recently saw the monarch butterfly caterpillars and cocoons in the zippered “cage” at the Northland Arboretum.

A chrysalis is formed when the caterpillar’s skin comes off and the outer-most layer of the caterpillar’s body hardens to form the chrysalis. A cocoon, on the other hand, is a silk case that the ...

In early January, costume designer and monarch butterfly enthusiast Romy McCloskey, found that one of her butterflies emerged from its cocoon with a damaged wing. A few weeks later, her cat had ...

As habitat decreases, so have the monarchs. At last estimate, monarch populations have fallen by 80 percent since 1996. That's led some ecologists to look for new places to plant milkweed.

The “king” of the Lepidoptera family, the monarch butterfly, is passing through the Lehigh Valley on the 3,000-year migration it makes each year.

I found this on butterfly weed that I planted to help Monarch butterflies. Lots of butterfly caterpillars have been munching on the leaves this summer. Is this what I hope it is — a cocoon so… ...

Rosette Vincente’s face broadens in a wide smile as the monarch butterflies flutter from flower to flower in her Anaheim habitat garden. She fingers the slender leaves of the milkweed searching ...

Rosette Vincente’s face broadens in a wide smile as the monarch butterflies flutter from flower to flower in her Anaheim habitat garden. She fingers the slender leaves of the milkweed searching for ...