Monarch butterflies By Savannah Feist Thesis Statement The

Monarch butterflies By: Savannah Feist

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

Wing Color • With the upper wings a tawny-orange, the Monarch Butterflies wingspan ranges from 8. 9 -10. 2 cm. • 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.

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.

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.

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_(bu tterfly)>.

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