Dan Getman, a Kirksville-based master gardener, proudly watches as his grandchildren race to catch monarch butterflies on his ...

It then forms a chrysalis, a jade-green cocoon flecked ... an adult butterfly emerges, pumping blood into its soft wings until they harden. This newly minted Monarch is ready to fly and begin ...

One picture captures beetles crawling around the plants. The final pictures show a butterfly cocoon and the monarch butterfly that came from it. The gardener gets to admire these lovely creatures ...