Chapter 2 Monarch Anatomy Flashcards

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Metamorphosis

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the cycle through which an animal after hatching develops into an adult. An animal after hatching will transform into various other forms before growing out to a complete adult. These changes are completed through a series of cell transformation and differentiation. Butterflies and moths have four stages of life: egg, larva (the caterpillar stage), pupa (the chrysalis phase in a butterfly’s development), and adult.

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Danaus plexippus

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the scientific name for a standard Monarch butterfly

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Rearing

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to bring something up into existence. For example we are _____ monarchs.

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Frass

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monarch feces

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instar

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a phase between two periods of molting in the development of an insect larva or other invertebrate animal.For example, monarchs have five _______ stages

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larva,larvae

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an immature form of an animal that looks very different from the adult

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pupa

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The second stage of complete metamorphosis, in which a larva develops into an adult monarch.

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chrysalis

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when a monarch butterfly is enclosed in a cocoon, The monarch will be in the _____ for 10 days. You can also tell the gender by the ______

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cremaster

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a spiny appendage at the end of the abdomen when the monarch is going through the chrysalis stage or the black stem on top of the chrysalis

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cocoon

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The silky case that a caterpillar makes to protect itself for a time before it becomes a monarch

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molting

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the process of shedding an outgrown exoskeleton

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Cuticle

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The waxy, waterproof layer that covers the cocoon of a monarch

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