The Monarch: A Florida Resident Crossword Puzzle

QUESTIONS LIST:

• milkweed: this is the host plant for the monarch butterfly.
• larva: another name for a monarch or other butterfly caterpillar; after the egg comes this stage of an insect's life.
• pupa: another name for the caterpillar inside the chrysalis; after the larva comes this stage of an insect's life.
• chrysalis: a full-grown caterpillar will hang itself in the shape of a letter 'j' and then form this around its body.
• imago: another name for the adult butterfly that is not often used; after the pupa comes this stage of an insect's life.
• metamorphosis: the remarkable transformation from caterpillar to butterfly.
• parasite: tropical milkweed can spread this which makes monarchs sick.
• yellow: monarch caterpillars have black, white and _ rings.
• monarch: the queen caterpillar and chrysalis look similar to the caterpillar and chrysalis of this species.
• hemolymph: as insects monarchs do not have blood but have this instead.
• stretch: before it flies away, a monarch emerging from a chrysalis must _ and dry its wings.
• false: true or false, all monarchs migrate except those that remain in florida for the winter.