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The monarchs rest on a flower or in a safe shelter away from preditors.
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What is the butterflies migration route?
The migration route for a monarch butterfly is when they travel to a warmer place during the winter. They can travel up to 6,000 miles on their little fragile wings.
Why is the monarch butterfly known as a tremendous traveler?
because they travel alot
How far does a Monarch butterfly migrate in one day?
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!
Which butterflies travel the furthest to get home in the spring?
The Monarch butterfly travels the furthest of all insects. It makes a return journey of 8,000 km every year from its homeland in Canada to Mexico. The monarch is the only butterfly known to make a two-way migration as birds do. Using environmental cues, the monarchs know when it is time to travel south for the winter. Monarchs use a combination of air currents and thermals to travel long distances. Some fly as far as 3,000 miles to reach their winter home!
Where do monarch butterflies migrate to every year?
In temperate zones, birds migrate in response to the seasons. Food is generally more abundant in the wet and warm times of year, the spring and summer, and birds travel north to feed. In the winter, though, northern climates are food-poor, so the birds have to go south to find food. If all the migrating birds stayed either in the north or south for too long, they would run out of food.
How many miles do butterflies travel during winter migration?
How many miles a butterfly travels during winter migration varies by the species and their location. Some species of butterflies have been known to travel over 4,000 miles.
What is special about monarch butterflies?
Well, for one they are beautiful insects and they help pollinate our flowers. They are not better than other butterflies they are just more commonly known. ---- One of the unique features of the monarch butterfly is its annual migration pattern. Millions of monarch butterflies travel an estimated 4,800 km to winter in California and Mexico.
Are monarch butterflies blind?
no they r not cause that's why they only travel during day
Estimate the distance of miles a monarch butterfly will travel from Toronto Canada to Mexico city Mexico?
It is a flight of 3,264 kilometers (2,028 miles) on a straight line.
What is movement and migration?
movement and migration is when you travel.
Where do the monarch butterflies migrate each year?
it depends on where the turtles are because when the water gets to cold for them they swim to warmer waters wich are mostly tropical parts of the world and then they end up staying there becaause of the warm water.
What fuzzy caterpillar lives on milkweed?
Monarch caterpillars only eat milkweed leaves. That is why it is so important that people plant milkweed so that the monarchs can travel from Mexico to other parts of the United States. It takes 4 generations of caterpillar to butterfly to reach the northern parts of the US and Canada.
