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.
IELTS Writing Task Chart for 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 given figure illustrates the monarch butterfly's natural cycle.
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, there are four stages in the monarch butterfly growth cycle; it starts when eggs are laid on milkweed and it ends with two butterflies (a male and a female) breeding.
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is achieved when a fully grown insect begins its migration toward the north. The process starts with a
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called the egg
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; it is when multiple eggs are laid on milkweed by a female insect. In a fortnight, they will begin to hatch and new larvae will appear. New larvae will slowly
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grow where they were originally laid (milkweed) and
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is known as the larval
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. After 10 days they will surround themselves with a hard outer case known as chrysalis, new fully grown insects will break out of them after a
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. After emerging from chrysalis the adult butterfly will begin
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toward the south and, six months later the adult
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begins it will change its destination and go to the north, where it will meet its partner and begin coupling to produce eggs again.

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Vocabulary: Replace the words stage with synonyms.
Topic Vocabulary:
  • life cycle
  • Monarch butterfly
  • eggs
  • milkweed plants
  • larvae
  • caterpillars
  • feed
  • chrysalis
  • pupa
  • metamorphosis
  • emerge
  • adult butterfly
  • repeat
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