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The monarch butterfly is also called the "milkweed butterfly" so called for the larva plant of this butterfly.
Milkweed is the primary food for the larva. Adult female monarchs lay their eggs on the underside of milkweed leaves.
These eggs usually hatch in three to twelve days. The larvae feed on the plant leaves for about two weeks and develop into caterpillars.

Eastern populations winter in Florida, along the coast of Texas, and in Mexico, and return north in spring.
Monarch butterflies follow the same migration patterns every year. It is not unusual to see huge numbers of butterflies
gathered together during migration

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