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🐝 Insects and Bugs

Monarch Butterfly facts for kids

Where the monarch butterfly lives, what it eats, the sound it makes and a fun fact. Tap Tell me! and Buzzby reads it out loud.

🏠 Where does the monarch butterfly live?
Milkweed fields across Canada
🍽️ What does the monarch butterfly eat?
Milkweed as a caterpillar, nectar as a butterfly
🔊 What sound does it make, or how does it move?
Glides on orange wings
✨ Fun fact
Monarchs fly all the way from Canada to Mexico for the winter, thousands of kilometers.

Ages 6 to 10 Insects and Bugs

All about the monarch butterfly

The monarch butterfly is one of the insects and bugs in our Animal Kingdom. You can find it in milkweed fields across Canada, and it eats milkweed as a caterpillar, nectar as a butterfly. It glides on orange wings. This page is a good fit for ages 6 to 10 (1st to 5th Grade), and Buzzby can read it out loud.

Is the monarch butterfly one of the insects and bugs?

Yes. Insects have six legs and three body parts. Spiders and snails are bugs but not insects.

Talk about it

  • Have you ever seen a monarch butterfly? Where was it?
  • What would you eat if you were a monarch butterfly?
  • Can you make the monarch butterfly's sound or move like it?

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