congrats minrose on all your monarchs...and beautiful picture!

I have also had a couple of miniatures in years past. They've always appeared completely healthy.

Tony

I have some foreign maple tree out front that produces miniature cecropias. They can be the size of a monarch, or smaller.

Depending upon when the caterpillar pupated (perhaps it didn't receive enough nourishment so it pupated early) the adult will oftentimes eclose smaller than normal. :)