How long is a fully grown monarch caterpillar?
A fully grown monarch caterpillar is about 4.5 cm (1.77 in) long.
Size source: en.wikipedia.org
Compared with things you know
- About 1.9 times the width of a US quarter coin (2.43 cm)
- About 53% of the width of a credit card (8.56 cm)
- About 19% of the width of a basketball (24 cm)
Did you know?
A full-grown monarch caterpillar may crawl up to 10 m away from its milkweed plant to find a safe place to pupate.
