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Monarch Life Cycle Questions

Directions: use the information at http://www.monarchwatch.org/biology/cycle1.htm or the Monarch Information Packet from your teacher to answer these questions.

Write your answers in complete sentences.

Egg

1. What is metamorphism?

2. What is the beginning of the life cycle for a moth or butterfly?

3. How long after the egg is laid does it hatch?

Larva

4. What is the first thing that a larva eats?

5. Why does a larva molt? What is molting?

6. How long does the larva stage last?

Pupa

7. What happens during the pupa stage?

8. How is a moth different from a butterfly?

9. What happens just before the butterfly emerges from the pupa?

Adult

10. What are the butterflies wings like when it comes out of the chrysalis?

11. What is the main job of the adult Monarch?

12. How can you tell the difference between a male and female Monarch butterfly?