The document discusses the monarch butterfly's life cycle and key characteristics. It describes the butterfly's three main body parts and how males and females can be identified. The monarch butterfly uses milkweed as its host plant, laying eggs on the plant and the caterpillars feeding exclusively on it. The document also notes that the viceroy butterfly mimics the monarch's appearance for protection.

1. THE MONARCH BUTTERFLY
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3. The Monarch Life Cycle
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4. Body parts
 Three main parts: head,
thorax and abdomen.
 Six legs
 Proboscis to suck nectar
/ feet to taste.
 Four wings
 Two antennae for touch
and smell
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5. Male or female ?
Thicker Black
black FEMALE MALE dot
veins means
usually male
means butterfly
female
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6. Defense
Bad taste
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7. The viceroy butterfly
VICEROY MONARCH BUTTERFLY
BUTTERFLY
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8. The Milkweed Plant and Its
Importance to the Monarch’s
Life Cycle:
COMMON MONARCH EGG MONARCH LARVA
MILKWEED ON MILKWEED FEEDING ON
LEAF MILKWEED
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9. ILLEGAL LOGGING
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10. The end
Thanks for your attention
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