Fun Facts

General Facts

  • Monarchs are Insects

  • Monarch butterflies go through four stages of Metamorphosis: Egg, Caterpillar, Pupa and Adult.

  • The Monarch butterfly is a Milkweed Butterfly that is a member of the genus Danaus.

  • The binomial name for the monarch butterfly is Danaus Plexippus.

  • The Monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus) is commonly confused with the viceroy butterfly (Limenitis archippus)

  • Monarch caterpillars feed only on Milkweed plants, which make them poisonous to predators.

  • A Monarch butterfly garden is where someone grows plants specifically to attract monarch butterflies

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  • Monarchs taste with their feet

  • Live on an all liquid diet

  • It takes Monarchs 10-14 days to hatch out of it's chrysalis

  • Monarchs fly about 5.5 mph

  • A group of Monarchs is called a kaleidoscope

  • Female monarchs lay between 100 and 300 eggs in their lifetime

  • When Monarchs fly to Mexico they do not eat for up to 5 months

  • Monarchs ears are sensitive to low pitch sounds

  • Monarchs need the air to be 65-70 F to fly and do not fly at night

  • Monarchs only mate one time their life