Everyday insects from our lives Monarch Butterfly 2 Another view of a Monarch butterfly.
Butterflies have two large compound eyes.
Most of them have a mouthpart called a proboscis, colored orange and rolled up in this image. The proboscis can be unrolled and is used like a drinking straw for sipping nectar. Monarch butterflies have a poison in them from eating milkweed. This material may not be reproduced in any form without express written permission.