Monarch butterflies are the most colorful and most beautiful of all butterflies.
The monarch butterfly live through North and South America wherever there are the milkweed plant growing.
Monarch butterflies can live up to 6 to 8 months in the wild.
Monarch butterflies can travle up to 3,000 miles (4,828 kilometers) when they migrate each fall. They migrate from North America to California and Mexico.
Monarch butterflies go through four stages each year.
Female monarch butterflies Can lay several hundred eggs in spring.
The monarch butterfly caterpillars live on and eat milkweed plants.
Monarch butterflies are poisonous because the caterpillars get chemicals from the milkweed plant that are poisonous.
The male monarchs have a black spot on each of the hind wings while the female monarch butterfly does not have this spot.
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