Across
- 4. The cold season when monarchs rest in forests of fir trees. |
- 5. Monarchs use the sun and their antennae like this to steer. |
- 9. The season when monarchs fly north and lay eggs again. |
- 10. One of the northern places where monarchs start their trip. |
- 13. Sweet flower drink that adult butterflies sip. |
- 14. The orange-and-black butterfly this puzzle is all about! |
- 15. The crawling stage that eats and eats before it changes. |
- 18. The shiny green case where a caterpillar becomes a butterfly. |
- 19. The very first stage of a butterfly’s life. |
Down
- 1. Country where millions of monarchs spend the winter. |
- 2. Any animal that might try to eat a monarch. |
- 3. What butterflies use instead of feet to fly! |
- 6. The long journey monarchs make to warmer places. |
- 7. Little white marks decorating the edges of monarch wings. |
- 8. The bright warning color of a monarch’s wings. |
- 11. Another word for a long trip—like the monarch’s migration. |
- 12. An insect with big, colorful wings that starts as a caterpillar. |
- 14. The only plant where monarchs lay their eggs. |
- 16. Milkweed makes monarchs taste like this to hungry birds. |
- 17. A science word for caterpillar—the second life-cycle stage. |