Monarch+Butterflies

Butterflies are insects.
==== They drink nectar which is a bit like sweet water. They suck up the nectar through their proboscis which is like a curled up straw. Did you know butterflies taste with their feet? By standing on a leaf the butterfly can taste if the leaf is the good to lay eggs on, because it will be the caterpillars first food. ====

Click below to find out more information about Monarch Butterflies.
Here are some images of the stages of the life cycle of the Monarch butterfly. R Arter-Williamson ||
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of the life cycle of a butterfly. || ||   || of a Monarch butterfly. Lisa made this movie a long time ago. || media type="file" key="lifecycle.mov" width="267" height="277" align="center" ||  || butterfly laying eggs. || media type="custom" key="25376204" width="110" height="110" ||  || Monkey Puzzle by Julia Donaldson. ||= media type="custom" key="22450556" ||=  ||
 * Listen to an explanation
 * Watch a movie about the lifecycle
 * Watch the female monarch
 * See the caterpillar hatching out of the egg. || media type="custom" key="25376214" ||  ||
 * Put the life cycle in order. || [[image:westmere27/Screen Shot 2013-03-13 at 9.07.32 PM.png width="394" height="254" caption="Life cycle interactive"]] ||  ||
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Hear Matt Glover read