It was just last week that I was taking pictures of these two caterpillars on my milkweed plant.
![Monarch caterpillars Monarch caterpillars](https://i0.wp.com/www.blog.catandturtle.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/IMG_0006.jpg?resize=500%2C0)
Monarch caterpillars
Tonight I looked out and saw an orange fluttering in the backyard in the general area of the milkweed. I went out and found this monarch butterfly, with its wings still not completely unfolded after its emergence from its chrysalis.
![Newly emerged monarch butterfly Newly emerged monarch butterfly](https://i0.wp.com/www.blog.catandturtle.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/IMG_1764.jpg?resize=500%2C0)
Newly emerged monarch butterfly