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Where do monarch butterflies live?
• They migrate south to Florida, Southern California and Mexico for the winter.
• They fly to milkweed plants.• They rest in trees at night.
What do monarch butterflies eat?
• They eat nectar from flowers.• Monarch caterpillars eat milkweed
plants.
What kind of predators eat monarch butterflies? • Most monarch butterflies are left
alone because they taste bad or will make a bird or animal sick.
• Spiders, black-eared mice, fire ants and birds like orioles and grosbeaks are predators of monarch butterflies.
What is the life cycle of a monarch butterfly.
Metamorphosis 1. Egg2. Caterpillar or larva3. Chrysalis or pupa4. Butterfly
Caterpillar
• A caterpillar or a larva hatches.• The caterpillar is eating and getting bigger.• The caterpillar sheds its skin or molts about
5 times.