The Life Cycle of a Monarch Butterfly by Johanna

The Life Cycle of a Monarch Butterfly October 13 2020 | Issue 1

By Johanna Park-Kam

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Table of Contents P2. Stage 1 - Egg P3. Stage 2 - Caterpillar P4. Stage 3 - Chrysalis P5. Stage 4 - Adult Butterfly P6. How Monarch Butterflies Survive P7. Glossary For more content and exclusive downloads, visit www.lifecycles.com

Stage 1 - Egg A female Monarch butterfly lays a lot of eggs on a milkweed leaf because that is what Monarch caterpillars eat. The eggs develop into small worm-like animals inside the egg. The eggs are ready to hatch! They move on to the next stage of the life cycle.

P.S. The ball-like thing is a butterfly egg

Stage 2 - Caterpillar The caterpillar slowly crawls out of the egg. The caterpillar eats the milkweed leaf and it stores energy.

The caterpillar is full and moves on to the next stage of the life cycle.

Note that the colorful stripes on the caterpillar mean that it's poisonous. Check out why in my next book called "Fun Facts About Monarch Butterflies"!

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Stage 3 - Chrysalis The caterpillar hangs from the milkweed plant and spins silk around itself. The silk hardens and the caterpillar hangs there for weeks. Now the adult butterfly is ready to come out.

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Stage 4 - Adult Monarch Butterfly The adult monarch butterfly makes its way out of the hardened silk. It waits for its wings to dry and masters flying in hours. Finally, it lays eggs and the life cycle starts over.

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How Monarch Butterflies Survive How Monarch Butterflies Eat Monarch butterflies drink nectar from flowers. They drink with their straw-like tongues. They now have energy to fly again.

How Monarch Butterflies Defend Themselves Monarch butterflies are poisonous, because they ate the milkweed plant when they were young. Milkweed plants are poisonous and Monarch butterflies still have some poison in their bodies from when they were caterpillars while they were eating the milkweed.

How Monarch Butterflies Escape From Predators Monarch butterflies flutter around so any animals who dare to eat them, won't be able to catch them. They flutter around like crazy to confuse predators and to fly away. Monarch Butterflies fly very swiftly so they can escape quickly.

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Glossary develop: grow or cause to grow and become more mature, advanced, or elaborate. stores: keep or accumulate (something) for future use. hardens: make or become hard or harder. masters: do something very well. nectar: a sugary fluid secreted by plants, especially within flowers to encourage pollination by insects and other animals. energy: the strength and vitality required for sustained physical or mental activity. poisonous: causing or capable of causing death or illness if taken into the body. flutter: fly unsteadily or hover by flapping the wings quickly and lightly. confuse: cause to become bewildered or perplexed. swiftly: at high speed; quickly. escape: succeed in avoiding or eluding something dangerous, unpleasant, or undesirable.

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See more in the book "Facts About Monarch Butterflies"!