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Monarch Butterflies

Monarch butterflies are a species of milkweed butterfly native to North America, although they can also be found in New Zealand, Australia and the Canary Islands just to name a few. These butterflies are famous for their annual fall migration to warmer climates and the massive gatherings of butterflies these migrations cause. Beautiful but toxic (to eat, that is), Monarchs are poisonous due to the toxins contained in the milkweed leaves they consume as caterpillars.

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What are the advantages of living where monarch butterflies live?

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Well just the whole advantage of waking up the beautiful living creatures. Also if u have a science prodject about monarch butterflies problem solved! Theres no other way to study butterflies , then ovserving them personally!!!!!!!!!!

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What does it mean when a monarch butterflies lands on your hand?

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There is no scientific data for what it means when a monarch butterfly lands on your hand. Some people believe it means you are going to experience good luck. The monarch is the most widely recognized butterfly in North America.

What is the feminine of monarch?

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Queen or Empress

How do monarch butterflies camouflage?

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Butterflies use camouflage as an effective survival strategy. Butterflies that might find tasty are well camouflaged or just drab. Some develop spots to frighten or distract predators,like birds, Some have, "eye spots" on their wings that look like eyes of a larger animal. Some species have bright spots near the tail that draw the predator's attention away from the head. Many butterflies have chunks missing from their hind wings. Which made the predator avoid attacking the botterflies head, which would be fatal. They can still fly.Brightly colored butterflies are either poisonous--or mimics of a poisonous butterfly. Butterflies that birds might find tasty are well camouflged or just drab to blend in when they are resting on a tree trunk or rocky ground.

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Is a caterpillar the baby of a butterfly?

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No, caterpillars hatch from tiny eggs that the moth or butterfly has laid. If you have a caterpillar in captivity and suddenly lots of babies appear, these come from eggs on the cabbage or whatever that the caterpillar has been feeding on.

A:I caught about 29 caterpillars from my cauliflowers and within about 8 days, about 9 caterpillars had lots of incy-wincy baby caterpillars like 25 per caterpillar. So I looked on the Internet and many sites say that caterpillars are babies so how would they have babies?

But then I found other sites and pictures on google images called caterpillar babies on page 2 and they look similar to my caterpillar however they are supposed to die not long after the babies hatch and that's what mine have done. So in my opinion yes caterpillars do have babies and then they wrap them up in a silky webs. They hatch and parent dies.

Do monarch butterflies live in Australia?

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Monarch butterflies have been introduced to Australia and New Zealand and Hawaii. They appear occasionally on the east side of the Atlantic, thought to be transported across the ocean.

Species outside of the US do not appear to migrate. A few subspecies have been identified in the US that do not migrate.

That vast majority of Monarchs (hundreds of millions) migrate to a forest outside of Mexico City each winter.

What is the host plant for Monarch butterflies?

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monarchs lay their eggs on many plants such as milkweed and swan plants

How many babies do a monarch butterfly?

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monarch butterfly do not have babies . after the nymph open it will be the adults butterfly

How does a monarch butterfly learn how to fly?

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they dont get along with other species just like any other butterflies

How do monarch butterflies have babies?

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butterfly fish reproduce by laying eggs in the sea

What are the monarch butterflies closes relatives?

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Monarch butterflies are large, black and orange in color with white spots. Monarch butterflies closest relatives are the milkweed butterflies.

Why do Monarch Butterflies only live for 14 days?

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Monarchs live from two to six weeks as an adult. The true key to a monarchâ??s life cycle is the migration pattern. Some butterflies born in September to October live 6 â?? 8 months throughout Mexico or Southern California.

A monarch butterflies life cycle step by step?

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The life cycle is a simple one. As to the explanation of how or why it has evolved in this way is probably not possible to explain. It is like what came first, the chicken or the egg? If you search the life cycle of the Monarch, you will see the life cycle well illustrated for you.

How long do monarch butterflies live for the year?

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Most monarch butterflies do not live more than a few weeks. There are about 3 to 5 generations born each spring and summer and most of the offspring do not live beyond 5 weeks. The lone exception is the last generation born at the end of the summer.

The last generation of each year is the over-wintering generation that must make the journey back to Mexico. Rather than breeding immediately, the over-wintering monarchs fly back to Mexico and stay there until the following spring. In the early spring, they fly north to the southern United States and breed. Over-wintering monarch butterflies can live upwards of 8 months.

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How far does a Monarch butterfly migrate in one day?

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One tagged Monarch butterfly was caught 265 miles away from where it had been released the previous day.

(This was the record flight Urquhart tagging program. The butterfly was tagged in Waterford, Pennsylvania and recaptured at a site in Virgina.) Hope this gives you a good idea!

What are the gold beads on a monarch butterfly chrysalis?

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The gold spots on the Monarch chrysalis are a mystery that has inspired much curiosity. The gold color is produced not by a pigment, but by structural iridescence. In other words, the metallic luster you see results from the refraction of light from the multiple laminae (layers) of the cuticle of the pupa. The multiple colors seen when oil is spilled on water are produced in the same way. In an attempt to determine the function of these gold spots, Fred Urquhart conducted a series of controlled experiments in the early 1970s. He found that the destruction of these spots caused the wing scales to fade, or reduced the number of scales on the head or abdomen, depending on which spots were destroyed. From this he concluded that the gold spots are associated with scale formation and pigmentation; however, we still do not understand specifically how the gold spots influence these aspects of development. It is possible that the gold spots represent major sites of organization for wing tissue and/or epidermal cells.