Monarch butterflies are beautiful insects with wings. In this report there are lots of interesting facts about monarch butterflies.
It takes 3-12 day for the egg to hatch into a caterpillar. It will eat for 2 weeks and it will make a chrysalis. When it comes out of it’s chrysalis it will be a butterfly. A butterfly’s life span is only 6 weeks! In their 6 weeks of life they go through metamorphosis. A butterfly has 3 parts head, thorax and abdomen.
Appearance & Behavior
Butterflies are black and orange and with white spots on on their wings. Their wings are attached to the thorax. If butterflies wings are wet they have to wait 7 hours until they can start flying again also butterflies are poisonous to predators. All Butterflies have antennas and 6 legs. Most butterflies wings are 10cm wide.
Monarch butterflies live in NZ, North and South America, Australia, Tahiti and some parts of Europe. They like to live in warm temperatures. There are many Monarch butterflies in Hawkes Bay especially in summer when it is hot.
Butterflies love to drink water because if they didn't they would probably get dehydrated. Also they love to eat nectar. They also love to eat swan plants.
Conclusion: That’s all the facts for the day. Thanks for reading Ruby’s report.