Basic Monarch Biology Quiz - Hard Questions

1) What organ on the larva produces silk?

The spinneret
The tentacle
The spiracle

2) On what part of the larva’s body are the prolegs?

On the abdomen
On the head
On the thorax

3) How many eyes do the monarch larvae have?

2
6
12

4) What weighs more, a monarch pupa or a monarch adult?

Adult
Pupa

5) What is the name for the bright color patterns that protect animals, like orange and black monarch adults and yellow, black and white larvae?

Aposematic coloration
Camouflage
Shock coloration

6) How many newly-hatched larvae would equal the mass of one 5th instar larva ready to pupate?

About 100
About 500
About 2000