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The Story of a Monarch Butterfly

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Monarch Butterfly Facts and Information

•A Monarch butterfly lays about 400 eggs on milkweed leaves. The Monarch usually lays one egg per plant.
•Monarch caterpillars only like to eat milkweed leaves. If you remove them from their milkweed food source they will die.
•The male Monarch is usually larger than the female. It has two black dots on its wings. The female has thick black vein lines.
•An adult Monarch has an average life span of 4 to 8 weeks. However, there are some Monarchs that can live anywhere from 8 to 9 months. This long life span is attributed to delayed sexual maturity. These Monarchs migrate to Mèxico to spend their winter vacation.
•Monarchs become toxic (poison) to birds by feeding on milkweed plants.
•Milkweed is a common weed found all over the United States. However, tropical milkweed can only be found in tropical areas.
•Monarch caterpillars change into Monarch butterfly. This is known as metamorphosis.
•Monarchs are insects. The body of a monarch is divided into three segments, it has six legs, a head, thorax and abdomen.
•Monarch butterflies rest with their wings together.
•5 million Monarch butterflies from western North America head for a small number of cities scattered along the coast of California. 100 million Monarch butterflies from eastern part of the country head south to Michoacán in Central Mèxico.
•The longest recorded flight of a Monarch butterfly is over 3,000 miles. While migrating, it can cover 80 miles a day.•The Monarch makes its migratory flight at speeds up to 11 miles per hour. It travels 16 or 17 feet above the ground.
•Butterflies range in size. The tiniest of butterflies can be 1/8 inches in length. While some of the largest butterflies can flourish up to almost 12 inches in length.
•Butterflies cannot fly if their body temperature is less than 86 degrees.
•Butterflies can see red, and yellow.
•Some Monarchs live their entire lives in tropical locations such as Florida, Southern Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean.Datos Informativos sobre las mariposas Monarcas•Una mariposa Monarca pone alrededor de cuatrocientos huevos en plantas de asclepia. Generalmente pone uno por planta.•La larva de una Monarca solamente le gusta comer hojas de asclepia, si se remueven de esa comida morirían.•La mariposa Monarca masculina tiene dos puntos negros en sus alas y la femenina tiene una líneas de venas más ancha. La mariposa masculina suele ser más grande.•El tèrmino de vida de una Monarca adulta es normalmente de cuatro a ocho semanas, excepto aquellos que entran en una madurez sexual tardía y emigran a Mèxico para pasar las vacaciones de invierno. Esas pueden vivir de ocho a nueve meses.•Monarcas se convierten en tòxicos (veneno) para pájaros por estar alimentadas por plantas de asclepias. •Asclepia es una planta comùn que se encuentra en todo los Estados Unidos, la planta de asclepia tropical se puede encontrar en areas tropicales.•Larvas Monarcas cambian a mariposas Monarcas, este cambio se llama metamorfosis.•La Monarca es un insecto. Tiene seis patas y un cuerpo dividido en tres segmentos, cabeza, tòrax, y abdomen.•Las mariposas Monarcas de oeste de Amèrica del Norte vuelan a ciudades pequeñas por separado. Por las costas de California cien millones de mariposas Monarcas de la parte este de el paìs vuelan al sur de Michocán en el centro de Mèxico. •El viaje más largo grabado de una mariposa Monarca es de tres mil millas, mientras emigran pueden, recorrer hasta 80 millas por dìa.•Las mariposas Monarcas hacen su viaje migratorio a una velocidad hasta de once millas por hora. Viajan de dieciseis o decisiete pies por encima de la tierra.•Las mariposas Monarcas varian en tamaño de un octavo de pulgada hasta una grande de alrededor de doce pulgadas.•Las mariposas no pu

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Monarch Butterfly Facts and Information

•A Monarch butterfly lays about 400 eggs on milkweed leaves. The Monarch usually lays one egg per plant.
•Monarch caterpillars only like to eat milkweed leaves. If you remove them from their milkweed food source they will die.
•The male Monarch is usually larger than the female. It has two black dots on its wings. The female has thick black vein lines.
•An adult Monarch has an average life span of 4 to 8 weeks. However, there are some Monarchs that can live anywhere from 8 to 9 months. This long life span is attributed to delayed sexual maturity. These Monarchs migrate to Mèxico to spend their winter vacation.
•Monarchs become toxic (poison) to birds by feeding on milkweed plants.
•Milkweed is a common weed found all over the United States. However, tropical milkweed can only be found in tropical areas.
•Monarch caterpillars change into Monarch butterfly. This is known as metamorphosis.
•Monarchs are insects. The body of a monarch is divided into three segments, it has six legs, a head, thorax and abdomen.
•Monarch butterflies rest with their wings together.
•5 million Monarch butterflies from western North America head for a small number of cities scattered along the coast of California. 100 million Monarch butterflies from eastern part of the country head south to Michoacán in Central Mèxico.
•The longest recorded flight of a Monarch butterfly is over 3,000 miles. While migrating, it can cover 80 miles a day.•The Monarch makes its migratory flight at speeds up to 11 miles per hour. It travels 16 or 17 feet above the ground.
•Butterflies range in size. The tiniest of butterflies can be 1/8 inches in length. While some of the largest butterflies can flourish up to almost 12 inches in length.
•Butterflies cannot fly if their body temperature is less than 86 degrees.
•Butterflies can see red, and yellow.
•Some Monarchs live their entire lives in tropical locations such as Florida, Southern Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean.Datos Informativos sobre las mariposas Monarcas•Una mariposa Monarca pone alrededor de cuatrocientos huevos en plantas de asclepia. Generalmente pone uno por planta.•La larva de una Monarca solamente le gusta comer hojas de asclepia, si se remueven de esa comida morirían.•La mariposa Monarca masculina tiene dos puntos negros en sus alas y la femenina tiene una líneas de venas más ancha. La mariposa masculina suele ser más grande.•El tèrmino de vida de una Monarca adulta es normalmente de cuatro a ocho semanas, excepto aquellos que entran en una madurez sexual tardía y emigran a Mèxico para pasar las vacaciones de invierno. Esas pueden vivir de ocho a nueve meses.•Monarcas se convierten en tòxicos (veneno) para pájaros por estar alimentadas por plantas de asclepias. •Asclepia es una planta comùn que se encuentra en todo los Estados Unidos, la planta de asclepia tropical se puede encontrar en areas tropicales.•Larvas Monarcas cambian a mariposas Monarcas, este cambio se llama metamorfosis.•La Monarca es un insecto. Tiene seis patas y un cuerpo dividido en tres segmentos, cabeza, tòrax, y abdomen.•Las mariposas Monarcas de oeste de Amèrica del Norte vuelan a ciudades pequeñas por separado. Por las costas de California cien millones de mariposas Monarcas de la parte este de el paìs vuelan al sur de Michocán en el centro de Mèxico. •El viaje más largo grabado de una mariposa Monarca es de tres mil millas, mientras emigran pueden, recorrer hasta 80 millas por dìa.•Las mariposas Monarcas hacen su viaje migratorio a una velocidad hasta de once millas por hora. Viajan de dieciseis o decisiete pies por encima de la tierra.•Las mariposas Monarcas varian en tamaño de un octavo de pulgada hasta una grande de alrededor de doce pulgadas.•Las mariposas no pu

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