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ID	Question
337	During a recent visit to my son's first grade classroom, I heard his teacher explain that the red stuff (meconium) that is expelled when the butterfly emerges is the paint that colors its wings. That sounded strange to me but I can find no information that states the contrary. So can meconium be correctly classified as paint or is that term either a myth or a simplified way to define meconium for young children?
338	When two of my caterpillars went into their chrysalis, there was a drop of clear green liquid that hung from the bottom of the chrysalis. I've done this for year and never saw this. What does this mean, and do you know if they will still come out as butterflies?
345	We have a lot of chrysalis (9), 2 have hatched, the second monarch hatched and sat on my finger a long time and it stretched its wings, i could only see four legs, do the back longer legs come out later? It flew away.
382	What does the inside of the chrysalis look like? Is it liquid? Is it green? I certainly do not want to open one and explore it myself.
401	Does a Monarch caterpillar have a heart?
404	When my caterpillar molted its one antenna isnt there and it's been one day since that happened. All it has is a knob there. Will a new one come through its skin or will it stay the same?
424	How many legs does a monarch caterpillar have?
453	how long is the monarch butterfly in millimeters?
497	Does a monarch butterfly have 6 or 4 legs?