1/ 1970s
2/five generations
3/ not sure
4/ timing of immature stages July - October/ timing of adult stage August - April
5/ 50-100 miles a day/ The farthest ranging monarch butterfly recorded traveled 265 miles in one day.
6/What do caterpillars eat? Caterpillars use their strong mandibles, or mouth and jaws, to chomp on leaves of trees and plants with flowers. Since caterpillars start out as eggs on leaves, they usually eat from the plant or tree on which their lives began. Sometimes, caterpillars can be picky eaters, and will only eat one type of leaf for their entire life. When caterpillars are thirsty, they don't drink water the way a human would. Instead, they just eat more leaves. This is because leaves contain all the water a caterpillar needs.
