Directions: Which butterfly weighs less than a paper clip and can travel 50–80 miles a day? A monarch! Soar across the Web to learn more about these "kings" of the insect world! Print this page to write your answers, or use a separate sheet of paper.

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1. A monarch is a flying insect with large scaly wings. It has three body parts. Name them.

 
Find the answer at: www.EnchantedLearning.com/subjects/butterfly/species/Monarch.shtml

 

2. A butterfly's life cycle consists of four stages. What are they?

 
Find the answer at: www.monarchbutterflyusa.com/Cycle.htm

 

3. During which stage does the monarch do most of its eating and growing?

 
Find the answer at: www.mesc.nbs.gov/resources/education/butterfly/life-cycle/butterfly-life-cycle.asp

 

4. The monarch got its "royal" name because of special markings that appear on
its chrysalis. What are these markings?

 
Find the answer at: http://adver-net.com/Monemerg.html

 

5. A monarch caterpillar eats mostly milkwood leaves. What does an adult butterfly eat?

 
Find the answer at: www.EnchantedLearning.com/subjects/butterfly/species/Monarch.shtml

 

6. What is the scientific name for the monarch butterfly?

 
Find the answer at: www.insecta-inspecta.com/butterflies/monarch/

 

7. An adult monarch has bright, beautiful wings. Why?

 
Find the answer at: http://www.kidzone.ws/animals/monarch_butterfly.htm

 

8. After mating, a monarch lays hundreds of eggs as she migrates south for
the winter. How many miles can she travel?

 
Find the answer at: www.monarchbutterflyusa.com/Migration.htm

 

9. Adult monarchs live less than a year, and some live only a few weeks! How
does this make their migration so unique?

 

Bonus: How do migrating monarchs find their way?

 
Find the answer at: www.pgmonarchs.org/fomc.html

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