Monarch Butterflies
What’s the Difference?
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Most people know that a bird hatches from its egg. When a monarch comes out of its chrysalis the process is called “eclosing.”
Compare these video clips of a monarch eclosing and a whooping crane hatching. Next, think about the similarities and differences between hatching and eclosing. Then write in your science journal.
Journaling Questions
- Describe the process of eclosing in as much detail as you can. Then describe the process of hatching.
- What similarities did you find between a chick hatching and a butterfly eclosing?
- What differences did you find?
- What adaptations does each animal have to help it hatch/eclose?
- Consider the life cycle of an insect and a bird, and then make additional comparisons. (What happened before the hatching/eclosing process? What will happen next?)
- How is
each animal vulnerable as an egg or crysalis? How is each protected?
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