Monarch Butterfly

By:Kayla Reed

Characteristics

• The Monarch Butterfly is

an insect. And it is cold

blooded.

• They also have orange

and black wings.

• And their wings are bright.

• The egg is small.

Habitat

• They live in North

America.

• They migrate to

Mexico for the winter.

• Also they live in fields

and meadows that

have milkweed.

Food• They eat milkweed.

• Monarchs get nectar from

flowers.

• They can drink the juices

from oranges, bananas and

watermelons.

• They can eat red clover,

alfalfa, and the wild carrot

plant.

Fun Facts

• Monarch wings flap slower then

other butterflies.

• The males have a dot on it’s

back and females don’t.

• The larva sheds it’s skin 5

times.

• A monarch was spotted 11,00

feet high

• It is one of the few insects that

can fly across the Atlantic

Ocean.