Friends of Metea

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The Friends of Metea is a tax exempt charitable organization whose purpose is to help preserve the natural features of Metea County Park, to raise funds to facilitate its development as a park and nature preserve, to promote its use as an educational cent

Seeing more and more monarch butterflies in our area. Come out to the park, enjoy a walk and keep your eyes open among t...
07/26/2026

Seeing more and more monarch butterflies in our area. Come out to the park, enjoy a walk and keep your eyes open among the flowers and milkweed!

04/25/2026

Monarchs have left their overwintering sites and have begun to repopulate their breeding range for the spring and summer months, which means we'll start to see more monarch eggs, caterpillars, pupa, and butterflies. Let's take a closer look at the pupa stage, or chrysalis stage, of a monarch's life cycle.

A monarch will spend about 10 to 14 days as a pupa (chrysalis). When a monarch first pupates, shedding its exoskeleton as the chrysalis is revealed, the pupa is very soft, but it'll end up hardening. The pupa will start out a light-green color, but as the days progress, it'll turn transparent, and you'll start to see the butterfly within, getting ready to emerge.

In the featured image, you can start to see the outline of the monarch butterfly through the pupal cuticle. We've pointed out a few areas of the monarch butterfly (abdomen, wings, thorax, head) as well as parts of the chrysalis itself (spiracles, silk pad, cremaster).

He gave so much to the establishment of Metea County Park and keeping our group going!
12/14/2025

He gave so much to the establishment of Metea County Park and keeping our group going!

This iPhone was found @ Metea County Park earlier this Fall. I was finally able to charge it up. If you know the owner,...
12/09/2025

This iPhone was found @ Metea County Park earlier this Fall. I was finally able to charge it up. If you know the owner, please pm me so it can be returned.

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8401 Union Chapel Road
Fort Wayne, IN
46845

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+12604493777

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