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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 is unusual about the Monarch butterflies' journey to Mexico?
It's New Mexico....nothing unusual about it. Maybe they come back earlier or leave later.
What is the rainforest home to?
tribes of people who use the rainforest for everything.There are more kinds of plants and animals in the rainforests than anywhere else on Earth. Over half of the millions of known species of plants and animals live in the rainforest. Many are found nowhere else it. is believed that 50% of the world's species of plants and animals are found in the rainforest. Amazingly, only cover 6 - 7% of the total land surface on Earth is covered by rainforest. On average, there are between 30 to 80 different species of trees per acre. There is also a wide variety of animal life found in the rainforest. Many of the animals have special adaptations that allow them to live in the tropical conditions, they could not survive outside of this ecosystem.
How do you find information on the Berlin Butterfly paintings in memory of summer 1945?
I have one of these paintings and would really like to also find out any information on this. I currently cannot find any. Thank you. There is a Berlin Butterfly Painting hanging in the Belmar Fishing Club in Belmar, NJ. I stopped to read the explanation...I don't remember everything but it they were created by the citizens of Berlin as a way to begin to make their city beautiful again after it was ruined by the war.
What jobs do monarch butterflies have?
The Monarch Butterflies have a very important job to do during their short life times. They increase the gentetic diversity of plants by a dramatic amount. Every year, millions of Monarch Butterflies migrate from southern Canada to Mexico, and each of them will pollenate millions of flowers, since the main diet of M. Butterflies is nectar. A few butterflies will carry pollen with them to Mexico, where they will in turn, fertilize the the plants with the pollen the are carrying. This process greatly increases genetic diversity in different species of flowers and other plants.
