Keeping a List of a Monarch's Needs

Organisms have basic needs. They can survive only in environments in which their needs can be met. Keep a list of a monarch's basic needs for survival:

Needs as an egg:

  • Its own milkweed plant (or leaf)
  • Space so another monarch caterpillar doesn’t eat it
  • Space so a “queen” caterpillar doesn’t eat it

 

Needs as a larva (caterpillar):

 

 

 

Needs as a chrysalis:

 

 

 

Needs as an adult:

 

 

 

 

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