Most of us have probably seen a monarch butterfly!
Its brightly colored orange and black wings make it stand out.
Monarchs are remarkable for more than their good
looks. Each year they travel from their breeding grounds in the northern U. S. and
southern Canada to Mexico. There they spend the winter.
Monarch caterpillars eat huge amounts of milkweed
leaves. When they metamorphose into adults, a chemical which they have eaten in the
milkweed protects them. Birds hate its taste and choose something else for dinner!
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