Chapter 2 Monarch Anatomy

Question 1

Metamorphosis

Answer 1

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.

Question 2

Danaus plexippus

Answer 2

the scientific name for a standard Monarch butterfly

Question 3

Rearing

Answer 3

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

Question 4

Frass

Answer 4

monarch feces

Question 5

instar

Answer 5

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

Question 6

larva,larvae

Answer 6

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

Question 7

pupa

Answer 7

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

Question 8

chrysalis

Answer 8

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 ______

Question 9

cremaster

Answer 9

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

Question 10

cocoon

Answer 10

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

Question 11

molting

Answer 11

the process of shedding an outgrown exoskeleton

Question 12

Cuticle

Answer 12

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