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Marvelous Monarch Butterflies: Migration, Wings, and Protection

Learn about the unique characteristics of Monarch butterflies, such as their stunning wing color, impressive migration patterns of up to 2,000 miles, and how they protect themselves by eating milkweed plants. Discover the fascinating world of Monarch butterflies and their survival strategies.

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Marvelous Monarch Butterflies: Migration, Wings, and Protection

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  1. Monarch butterflies By: Savannah Feist

  2. Thesis Statement • The milkweed plant helps the monarch butterfly fly gracefully as they migrate.

  3. Wing Color • With the upper wings a tawny-orange, the Monarch Butterflies wingspan ranges from 8.9-10.2cm. • A monarch’s wings are made up of thousands of tiny, thin, flat scales. • These wings are so unique, that each individual scale has its own special color.

  4. Migration • Monarchs migrate up to 2,000 miles right before winter starts. • And by late fall, they come to rest in California or form huge colonies. • Monarchs spend their winter in warm areas such as Texas and Florida in the United States. • Scientists have been studying monarch’s flight, trying to figure out how they find their way to the mountain ranges in Mexico.

  5. Protection • Monarch butterflies protect themselves by eating milkweed plants. • When they eat the milkweed plants, it causes death of their predators. • There are protective chemicals that the caterpillar obtains by eating the milkweed, with it, through its metamorphosis into a butterfly.

  6. Works cited • Grace, Eric S.. The World of the Monarch Butterfly. San Francisco: Sierra Club Book • For Children, 1997. Print. • "Monarch (butterfly)." Wikipedia. N.p., n.d. Web. 15 Apr. 2010. • <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monarch_(butterfly)>.

  7. The End !!!!!!! (:

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