The diagram illustrates the life cycle of the butterfly since it was egg until to it grow up be able to migrate then mating and laying egg.In general, pupal stage is the longest life stage for the Monarch butterfly, the shortest is larvel stage following by the egg stage accordingly. In the egg stage the Monarch put the egg after the mating and laying the eggs on milkweed before it hatched for 14 days, After that newly hatched larva become to the life then the caterpillar on milkweed climb a tree and start eating and growing up after that it attach to anything to start its attachment stage. then it comes on chrysalis and become a butterfly.
Looking to Pupal stage shows the lognest stage for the Monarch. it starts with emergence of adult then migrate to the south for 6 months to live after this period of time it migrate all the way up to the north for mating and egg laying stage which called the adult stage.
In conclusion, this short life cylce represent the Monarch look like from scratch until it became adult.
