Completed life cycle

Not all monarch butterflies migrate. Many butterflies die after laying their eggs.

They have come to the end of their life cycle. By reproducing, they have left a new generation of monarchs to head north in the spring or south in autumn.

Watch - Food Web Brain Pop

Where would you place butterflies in a food chain/web?

Learn about milkweed plants

Science Journal Entry / Measuring Caterpillar Activity

ID Me! - practice identifying Monarch Butterflies

Back to Milkweed & Monarch Butterfly Mania Main Page

Visit the Butterfly Cams @AMNH make some observations

Watch this fascinating slide show about the cycles of the Monarch Butterfly and their migrations.

Dead Monarch Butterfly

Track Monarch migration across North America - participate

Monarch Butterfly migration report - listen online

For Butterflies, a Promise of Peace With Truckloads of Trees -
Carol Yoon, New York Times August 25, 1998.

Learn more about the Monarch Butterfly - Wings of Silk

Watch - The Incredible Journey of the Butterflies - NOVA Video

Color a butterfly using your computer paint program.

Compare or Contrast Butterflies

Trace a Monarch Butterfly's classification

Mystery caterpillar & IPM activity

Mystery butterfly activity

Monarch Migration math challenge - Math Mastery.com

Learn more about monarch biology at Monarch Watch.

Monarch Butterfly Magic by Midge Frazel

Monarch Butterfly Lexicon

Resources | Host Plants

Milkweed coloring page | Word Search | True False Quiz

Milkweed Crossword Puzzle print | Milkweed puzzle online java

Trace Milkweed's classification

Spreadsheet activity - watering milkweed

The Special Train insect audio book

Sort the Insects - activity

Add a stanza to Over in the Meadow 3rd - 6th

Monarch Health - parasites