1. Monarch Butterflies
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By Michelle Amezquita-Navarro

2. Diet
The monarch butterfly is
sometimes called the
"milkweed butterfly" because
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thing the larvae can eat! If
you'd like to attract monarchs
to your garden, you can try
planting milkweed.

3. How do monarchs eat?
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• Adult monarch butterflies sip nectar from flowering
plants using a sucking tube, that resembles a soda
straw, and is called a proboscis. You can see it coiled
under its head when not in use.

4. Protection
The milkweed contains a
poison that the monarchs
use as a defense. While the
poison doesn't hurt the
monarchs, it makes them QuickTimeª and a
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learn to avoid the bright
colors of the monarch
caterpillars and butterflies.

5. Predators of the
Monarch Butterfly
• Ants
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Spiders
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• Humans

6. Habitat
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• Australia, South America, Hawaii, Mexico, United
States and several other Pacific Islands.
• Anywhere that there are milkweed and flowers for
nectar.

7. Monarch Butterfly Lifecycle
All butterflies have
"complete metamorphosis."
To grow into an adult they
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go through 4 stages: egg,
larva, pupa and adult.

8. Monarch Butterfly Diagram
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