Butterfly Bonanza

Teacher Resource:
Questions For Students
You can print these questions.
Then, photocopy them and distribute them to your students.
All of the answers can be found on this web page or one of its links.

1. What is the first stage in the life cycle of a monarch butterfly?

 

 

2. When the caterpillar is called a larva, what is the first thing it eats?

 

 

3. How big is the egg of a monarch caterpillar?

 

 

4. What happens when the caterpillar eats a lot of milkweed plants?

 

 

5. During stage three, what position does the caterpillar hang in?

 

 

6. What happens to the chrysalis before the monarch breaks out?

 

 

7. Why does the monarch hang upside down for a few hours after it emerges from the chrysalis?

 

 

8. How can you identify a male monarch?

 

 

9. Where do the monarchs go during the cold winter months?

 

 

10. What is happening to the monarch reserves in Mexico?z

 

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11. What happens to the monarchs that return to the northern United States too early?

 

 

12. Why are dusty, dry winds causing problems for the monarchs?

 

 

13. How does pollen from corn with the Bt gene get onto milweed plants?

 

 

14. What does the pollen do to the caterpillars that eat it?

 

 

 

Bonus: How many of the eight butterflies pictured on the "Other Butterflies" page can you identify?(Hint: The answer is on a different link.)

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