A monarch caterpillar molts a total of six times to become a butterfly. Four molts occur as a caterpillar, which is called the larval stage. It forms a chrysalis in the fifth molt, called the pupal stage. It emerges from the sixth molt as an adult butterf

A monarch caterpillar molts a total of six times to become a butterfly. Four molts occur as a caterpillar, which is called the larval stage. It forms a chrysalis in the fifth molt, called the pupal stage. It emerges from the sixth molt as an adult butterf