Female monarchs lay their eggs exclusively on which plant?
A Milkweed
B Sunflowers
C Marigolds
Monarch butterflies and milkweed have a symbiotic relationship. The insects lay their eggs on no other kind of plant, and once the larvae hatch into caterpillars they rely solely on milkweed for nourishment. In exchange, the butterflies are milkweed’s main pollinators.
The correct answer is Milkweed.
The monarch butterfly is believed to be named after who, exactly?
A The king of England
B The tsar of Russia
C The queen of Denmark
It’s said this species may be named for William of Orange, the prince of Orange (in what is now southern France), who went on to become the king of England, Ireland, and Scotland in 1689.
The correct answer is The king of England.
Monarch butterflies were successfully reared where in 2009?
A Death Valley
B International Space Station
C South Pole
The eggs of two different butterfly species, painted ladies and monarchs, were sent to the ISS in the fall of 2009, and both hatched in the craft’s Commercial Generic Bioprocessing Apparatus. On November 29 of that year, ISS commander Jeff Williams beamed video of the first of several monarchs that had emerged from their cocoons. ‘It’s always beautiful to see a little bit of Earth up here,’ Williams said.
The correct answer is International Space Station.