Fun facts weird but true
Did you know…
Monarchs
taste
feet!
with
their
Mm, yummy!!!
Monarchs have taste organs on their feet!
Monarchs are the state insect of
states!
We‘re FAMOUS!!!!
Together, 4 monarchs weigh less than a dime!
A dime weighs 2.3 grams while a monarch weighs only 0.25-0.75 grams!
Caterpillars have 12 eyes but really poor eyesight!
Did you know that caterpillar eyes are called ocelli*?
*definition in glossary
The weight of clustering monarchs are heavy enough to break branches!
That must be a lot of monarchs considering how light they are!
Monarchs have 6 legs!
Monarchs look like they have 4 legs because the front 2 are tiny and curl up next to the thorax.
Monarch caterpillars only have 6 true legs although it looks like they have 16!
Monarch caterpillars have 3 pairs of true legs and 5 pairs of prolegs.
Chomp, gobble, I don‘t care about how many legs I have, I just care about how many leaves I get to eat!
Prolegs
Truelegs
Monarchs can fly as high as 4000 meters (About 13000 ft)!
4000
meters
THAT HIGH?!?!
Monarchs can fly as high as 4000 meters!