Monarch Butterfly Facts and Information .A Monarch butterfly lays about 400 eggs on milkweed leaves. The Monarch usually lays one egg per plant.
.Monarch caterpillars only like to eat milkweed leaves. If you remove them from their milkweed food source they will die.
.The male Monarch is usually larger than the female. It has two black dots on its wings. The female has thick black vein lines.
.An adult Monarch has an average life span of 4 to 8 weeks. However, there are some Monarchs that can live anywhere from 8 to 9 months. This long life span is attributed to delayed sexual...