The diagram below shows the life cycle of the Monarch butterfly. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features and make comparisons where relevant.

The diagram below shows the life cycle of the Monarch butterfly. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features and make comparisons where relevant.
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The diagram below illustrates the stages and the transforming life of the Monarch butterfly.
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, the process has 5 stages, a natural and cyclical process that begins with
eggs
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being laid by an adult butterfly and ends with mating and laying
eggs
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again. First of all, the egg
stage
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begins with a butterfly laying its
eggs
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on a milkweed leave which takes a fortnight to hatch.
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the newly hatched larva becomes a caterpillar which lives on the leaves of milkweed before it attaches and hangs down the leaves to create its own protective layer called chrysalis around itself which spends ten days inside it. After ten days the butterfly moves from larval
stage
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to pupal
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which involves the emergence of a new adult butterfly from the chrysalis before its migration to the south.
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, during the adult phase, the butterfly migrates to the north side where it meets its new partner to mate and lay its
eggs
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on milkweed leaves and from
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stage
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the whole process begins again.
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Topic Vocabulary:
  • life cycle
  • Monarch butterfly
  • eggs
  • milkweed plants
  • larvae
  • caterpillars
  • feed
  • chrysalis
  • pupa
  • metamorphosis
  • emerge
  • adult butterfly
  • repeat
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