Mona

By Wanda Delgado-Albizu

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 M xico 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 Michoac n in Central M xico.
- 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 morir an. - La mariposa Monarca masculina tiene dos puntos negros en sus alas y la femenina tiene una l neas de venas m s ancha. La mariposa masculina suele ser m s grande. - El t rmino de vida de una Monarca adulta es normalmente de cuatro a ocho semanas, excepto aquellos que entran en una madurez sexual tard a y emigran a M xico para pasar las vacaciones de invierno. Esas pueden vivir de ocho a nueve meses. - Monarcas se convierten en t xicos (veneno) para p jaros por estar alimentadas por plantas de asclepias. - Asclepia es una planta com n 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, t rax, y abdomen. - Las mariposas Monarcas de oeste de Am rica del Norte vuelan a ciudades peque as por separado. Por las costas de California cien millones de mariposas Monarcas de la parte este de el pa s vuelan al sur de Michoc n en el centro de M xico. - El viaje m s largo grabado de una mariposa Monarca es de tres mil millas, mientras emigran pueden, recorrer hasta 80 millas por d a. - 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 tama o de un octavo de pulgada hasta una grande de alrededor de doce pulgadas. - Las mariposas no pu

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1450073883
• ISBN13: 9781450073882
• Release Date: April 2010
• Publisher: Xlibris Us
• Length: 30 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 8.0" x 10.8"