The butterfly garden is exploding with life at Community Learning Center! Below are just a few pictures we took of the little (and not so little) guys.
Twin caterpillars! 
This little guy is tiny now, but he will grow super fast!
Here are some fun facts about butterflies:
- Eastern monarchs overwinter in Central Mexico
- Females lay between 300 and 500 eggs.
- It takes about two weeks for a monarch to hatch from its cocoon to complete its transformation to a butterfly!
- Monarch butterflies that hatch in the late summer or early fall head for warmer weather. Ours head for Central Mexico!
- Monarch butterflies will drink nectar from flowers, including milkweed.
- Monarch caterpillars only eat milkweed.
- The caterpillars eat for about 2 weeks before turning into a cocoon!
- The generation of monarchs that migrate live for several months so that they can make the journey back.
- There are four generations of monarchs born each year.
- They live for about 6 to 8 months.
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