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- How small is the monarch butterfly?
- How much does a monarch butterfly weigh?
- How do you tell the male monarch from the female?
- Why do only male monarchs have a big black spot on their wings?
- Why do the females have thicker wing veins?
- Can monarch butterflies fly in the rain?
- How do Monarchs keep dry if it rains, and how do they dry their wings and what happens to them if they get wet?
- Since the wings are thin how come they don't wear out?
- About how many scales can fall off before the monarch has to stop flying?
- How should we handle the wings?
- How many times do their wings flap in a minute?
- Why do they fly like they're dizzy (referring to erratic flight)?
- What kind of tags are used on the butterflies, so as not to weigh them down?
- Can monarchs hear?
- How do monarchs breathe?
- Do monarchs breath in their chrysalis, and if they do, how do they? If they don't, why don't they need air?
- Do monarch butterflies have brains?
- How do monarch butterflies excrete?
- Can butterflies overheat if it gets too hot?
- At what temperature is it too cold for monarchs to fly?
- Is it true that monarchs can only see one color?
- Are butterflies nocturnal or diurnal?
- Do monarchs sleep or do they just rest?
- Where do they go and what do they do at night?
- How do their internal clocks work?
- Do monarch butterflies communicate with each other? How? What kinds of things would they communicate about? Is anyone studying their communication?
- How long do adult monarch butterflies live?
- How many inches are the eggs of a monarch butterfly?
- How many eggs the monarchs have in one time?
- What is the most eggs a monarch butterfly has ever laid?
- Do the butterflies die after they lay their eggs?
- How do they know which plant is a milkweed?
- Can a female monarch have babies without the help of the male?
- If the female mates and is ready to lay her eggs and can't locate milkweed plants, what does she do? Does she lay them on any plant she finds? If that is so, what becomes of the caterpillars?
- How long is a monarch caterpillar (larva)?
- Can you tell the differance between a male and female monarch when they are in the larval state?
- How do the gold spots on the chrysalis form?
- When the newly emerged adult monarch pumps fluid from the abdomen into the wings, does the fluid remain a liquid in the veins or do the veins of the wings become solid after awhile?
- How does a Monarch Butterfly know how to fly right away when it hatches out of its chrysalis?
- Is there any difference between chrysalid and a chrysalis?
- How is the gold formed in a chrysalis and why?
- What happens to all of the butterflies who do not mate? Do they die sooner or live longer?
- What percentage of monarchs make it to the migratory stage?
- We understand that the Monarch shuts down the reproductive cycle before migrating to Mexico. How does this happen?
- What starts up reproduction again in Mexico, before the butterfly migrates in the spring?
- When rearing monarchs, what do you recommend for a cage?
Food
- What do monarch butterflies eat?
- What color is nectar? Is it always the same color for each flower or does it change colors?
- How do monarchs eat?
- Where does the Monarch Butterfly fit in the food web is it is considered poisonous by its predators due to the fact that it eats milkweed?
- Do the males look for food more than the females?
Monarch
Butterfly Enemies
- What is the name of the poison in the monarch butterfly's body and how potent is it?
- Are there any that can and do regularly eat monarch butterflies or catepillars?
- What are some invertebrate predators of the monarch and why are they able to eat the monarch since birds can't?
- If the monarch butterfly is toxic to the two predator birds, what effect does the toxins have on the mice predators?
- Approximately how long does it take predators' bodies to eliminate/reduce the toxin levels to a safe level or to where they can eat again?
- Approximately how long does it take predators' bodies to eliminate/reduce the toxin levels to a safe level or to where they can eat again?
- Do butterflies in the north have a differnt chemical makeup because milkweed they eat is different from the southern milkweed?
- What is the most abundant kind of milkweed in the U.S. and in Mexico?
- Do bees sting monarch pupae?
- Do you have any concerns about rearing monarchs and diseases?
Habitat
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