| The Monarch Butterfly has orange, black
wings, big eyes and six legs. The wing span is 3 1/2 inches. |
| The Monarch butterfly lives
in North America from southern Canada,
North, South, Central America also in Europe and Australia.
They can be found in open fields, meadows, prairies, and marshes especially
those with milkweeds. |
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| The Monarch butterfly's diet is the
nectar that they drink. They also eat milkweed that is fresh,
tender and with moisture. |
| The Monarch Butterfly's life cycle
is: egg, larva, pupa, adult. The caterpillar is about
five centimeters(2 inches) long. |
| The Monarch butterfly's eggs are small
like dots and the egg is white and shiny. They lay about 400 eggs. After
the pupa they become a graceful butterfly. |
| They act quiet and they fly away to
protect themselves. |
| Blue jays are afraid of male
monarch butterflies. Monarchs are the best known Insects. They are
the king of butterfly world. |
