monarch butterfly
a large, deep-orange butterfly, Danaus plexippus, having black and white markings, the larvae of which feed on the leaves of milkweed: highly valued as a pollinator, the monarch butterfly is currently not evaluated by the IUCN, but the protection of the species and its habitat is central to several conservation efforts.
Origin of monarch butterfly
1- Also called monarch.
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For the past three decades, monarch butterflies have been dwindling.
Monarch butterflies are beloved—and declining for this sad reason | Claire Maldarelli | July 21, 2021 | Popular-ScienceThere are also migratory insects that conservationists are trying to save, not control, such as the monarch butterfly.
A European butterfly bonanza starts with caterpillars 4,000 miles away | Benji Jones | June 25, 2021 | VoxIt’s thought that a time-compensated sun compass, as it is called, is one of the tools that migrating monarch butterflies use to maintain their headings.
How Sea Turtles Find Their Way - Issue 94: Evolving | Jason G. Goldman | December 16, 2020 | NautilusOne species I would be particularly sad to lose is the monarch butterfly.
It’s about time adults start rising up against climate change | Alexandria Villaseñor | October 21, 2020 | Popular-ScienceWhat was largely a bottom-up, citizen-powered effort to save the struggling monarch butterfly migration has shifted toward a top-down conversation between the federal government, private industry and large-tract landowners.
Migrating monarchs are in trouble. Here’s how we can all help them. | By D. André Green II/The Conversation | September 23, 2020 | Popular-Science
I saw one exploring the disk of a sunflower, in company with a splendid monarch butterfly.
Birds in the Bush | Bradford TorreyThe chrysalis (b) is suggestive of that of the monarch butterfly.
Butterflies Worth Knowing | Clarence M. WeedBoth the larv and adults of the monarch butterfly are distasteful to birds, by their possession of an acrid body-fluid.
Elementary Zoology, Second Edition | Vernon L. KelloggFor a full account of the life-history of the monarch butterfly, see "Scudder's Life of a Butterfly."
Elementary Zoology, Second Edition | Vernon L. KelloggShe knew where the monarch butterfly went on his winter migration.
Her Father's Daughter | Gene Stratton-Porter
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