Monarchs pt. 2

Question 1

Type of milkweed with thin and pointed leaves. Caterpillars eat this

Answer 1

Swamp Milkweed

Question 2

Type of milkweed with wide and non-sharp leaves. Caterpillars eat this

Answer 2

Common Milkweed

Question 3

Solid waste excreted by insect larvae

Answer 3

Frass

Question 4

Long, thin leaves with long, thin seed pods. Monarchs do not lay eggs or eat the plant

Answer 4

Dogbane

Question 5

Tiny pores where insects receives air

Answer 5

Spiracles

Question 6

The third stage of complete metamorphosis in which a larva develops into an adult insect

Answer 6

Pupa

Question 7

Small hooks at the end of the abdomen, used to attach the chrysalis to a silk pad

Answer 7

Cremaster

Question 8

Clasping, unjoined abdominal legs of the larva

Answer 8

Prolegs

Question 9

The straw-like appendage used to eat

Answer 9

Proboscis

Question 10

Stage between molts

Answer 10

Instar

Question 11

When a caterpillar is looking for a place to go through metamorphosis

Answer 11

Walkabout

Question 12

Pupa enclosed in a cocoon

Answer 12

Chrysalis

Question 13

Portion of the insect that houses the legs and wings

Answer 13

Thorax

Question 14

Part of the insect that houses digestion

Answer 14

Abdomen