Monarch Caterpillar Book page Six Butterfly

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Monarch Caterpillar Book page SixButterfly
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Butterfly

• At first the butterflys wings are very small and
  its abdomen very large. The fluid gets pumped
  out to the wings.

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Butterfly

• It takes several hours for the wings to dry and
  another day for them to become strong.

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Butterfly

• The top picture shows the male monarch. It has
  two black spots on its wings.

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• Monarch butterfly flying.

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• If you look at a butterflys wings under a
  microscope you would see that the wing is covered
  with scales.

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• The butterfly has two eyes and two long feelers
  or antennae.

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• The butterfly uses its proboscis to suck up
  nectar from flowers.

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• Monarchs fly south for the winter. This is called
  migration.

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• The life cycle continues