When temperatures drop and food becomes scarce, Monarch Butterflies migrate to warmer climates, often traveling thousands of miles to reach their winter roosting sites in Mexico or California. During this journey, they rely on stored fat reserves for energy, as they may not find sufficient food sources along the way. In the winter, they enter a state of diapause, significantly reducing their metabolic rate to conserve energy until temperatures rise and food becomes available again in the spring.
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The Monarch Butterfly (larvae) has adapted itself to eat milkweed plants, which are very bitter. Because of the food source, the butterfly begins to taste like milkweed to predators. This makes it so that predators don't want to eat them, and the butterfly is relatively protected from this type of predator. The Viceroy Butterfly has only adapted its color to that of the Monarch Butterfly, not its taste. This makes it unappealing to the same predators, thus increasing its chances of survival. This is known as Batesian Mimicry.
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Viceroy Butterfly is a butterfly species. It begins with the letter v.
Queen Alexandra's Birdwing Butterfly begins with the letter q. It is the largest butterfly in the world.
Karner Blue Butterfly is a butterfly. It begins with the letter K.
The Northern Metalmark Butterfly begins with the letter n. Nelson's Hairstreak butterfly begins with the letter n.
Queen Alexandra's Birdwing Butterfly is the world's largest butterfly. It begins with the letter Q.
Rocky Mountain Parnassian Butterfly is a butterfly. It begins with the letter R.
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The process of which a butterfly is born is called metamorphosis. This process begins with a little egg, when the egg hatches a caterpillar emerges. Once the caterpillar has finished growing they form into a chrysalis (pupa), which is where the caterpillar begins to change to the butterfly. Once the changing process is over a butterfly emerges from the pupa.
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