Photo Gallery Monarch Butterfly Project Click on images to enlarge. Janet - Our local butterfly enthusiast - holding male monarch Monarchs lay their eggs on the milkweed plant Monarch eggs are off-white or cream colored and the size of a pinhead or pencil tip Monarch caterpillars on milkweed Janet has three netting cages with about 80 chrysalises. The caterpillar forms a J as it hangs upside down to form the chrysalis Monarch caterpillars attach to the screen netting and form crysalises Chrysalises line the top of the cage Butterflies, a caterpillar, chrysalises, A child observes the newly hatched monarchs Mature butterflies dry their wings before flying A pollinator garden was in stalled in June 2020 just east of the Nature Center Pollinator Garden