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Some COOL FACTS About Monarchs:
• After emerging, monarch butterflies live two to six weeks.
• Monarch caterpillars can grow up to 2,700 times their JENA DONNELL/ODWC
original weight.
• One tracked monarch flew 265 miles in one day.
• Male monarchs have a black dot on their hindwings;
females do not.
• Monarchs cluster together for warmth.
• Monarchs use their antennae to smell.
• A female monarch can lay up to 500 eggs.
• A monarch’s brain is the size of a pinhead.
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