Monarch Butterfly Basics
This is the color of a monarch butterfly's wings.
What is orange and black?
This is the first stage in the life cycle of a monarch butterfly.
What is the egg?
Butterflies usually rest with their wings in this position.
What is upright or closed?
Monarch butterflies begin to migrate south in this season.
What is fall or autumn?
Monarch butterflies taste with these body parts.
What are their feet?
Monarch butterflies are famous for this long-distance journey.
What is migration?
After hatching, a monarch butterfly is called this.
What is a caterpillar or larva?
Moths are more active during this time of day.
What is nighttime or at night?
Monarch butterflies travel to this country for the winter.
Butterflies drink this from flowers.
What is nectar?
This plant is the only food for monarch caterpillars.
What is milkweed?
This is the stage when the monarch forms a chrysalis.
What is the pupa stage?
This part of a moth’s body is often fuzzy, while a butterfly’s is smooth.
What is the antennae?
It takes more than one generation of monarchs to go all the way north and back. About how many generations does it take?
What are 3 to 4?
Monarchs have this many wings.
What is four?
Monarch butterflies lay their eggs on this part of the milkweed plant.
What are the leaves?
A monarch butterfly goes through this many main life cycle stages.
What is four?
These winged insects usually have thicker, fuzzier bodies to help keep them warm.
What are moths?
Butterflies that live west of the Rocky Mountains don’t fly to Mexico — they fly to this U.S. state.
What is California?
The bright orange and black colors on a monarch’s wings help warn predators of this.
What is poison (they are toxic)? is warning coloration?
Monarch butterflies use this body part to drink nectar from flowers.
What is a proboscis?
This process, where an insect changes form during its life cycle, is what monarchs go through.
What is metamorphosis?
The cocoon of a moth is usually wrapped in silk, while a butterfly pupates inside this hard structure.
What is a chrysalis?
Even though they are tiny, monarchs can fly this far during their trip — about the same distance as driving across the United States!
What is up to 3,000 miles?
This is the name for a group of butterflies traveling together.
What is a flutter?