{"id":2177,"date":"2015-06-27T12:52:48","date_gmt":"2015-06-27T16:52:48","guid":{"rendered":"\/?p=2177"},"modified":"2015-09-18T03:18:09","modified_gmt":"2015-09-18T07:18:09","slug":"monarch-butterfly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"\/2015\/06\/27\/monarch-butterfly\/","title":{"rendered":"Monarch Butterfly"},"content":{"rendered":"

Monarch butterflies are famous for their migrations from as far north as Canada<\/a> to all the way down to Mexico.
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\"Monarch<\/a>

Monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus<\/em>), in a milkweed<\/a> patch in Toronto<\/a>.
\nThis one appears to be the male of the species.<\/p><\/div><\/p>\n

None of the butterflies make the entire round trip, it is a different generation that arrives to the north from the one that has started the trip to the south.<\/p>\n

\"Monarch<\/a>

A little nectar for the road, a monarch butterfly feeding on a red clover in September.
Photographed at the Finch Hydro Corridor<\/a>.<\/p><\/div>\n

Monarch butterflies are dependent on milkweed<\/a> because that is all that the monarch butterfly larvae eat. If you want to attract monarch butterflies plant some milkweed in your garden and let it grow.<\/p>\n

Monarch butterflies accumulate poisonous cardiac glycosides from the milkweed that they eat and as a result both caterpillars and adult monarch butterflies have a disgusting taste and are poisonous. Their bright coloration is a warning to predators that the monarch butterflies are not good to eat.<\/p>\n

Because predators would not touch the monarch butterfly it is beneficial for other butterflies to be mistaken for a monarch. The viceroy butterfly<\/a> protects itself by mimicking the coloration of the monarch butterfly, although there are alternative theories that the two butterflies mimic each other.<\/p>\n\"Mating<\/a>\n

Further Readings:<\/h4>\n
\nMonarch butterfly<\/a> on Wikipedia.
\nMonarch butterfly migration<\/a> on Wikipedia.
\nMonarch Butterfly<\/a> on WWF-Canada.
\nMonarch Butterfly<\/a> on Hinterland Who’s Who.
\nMonarch Butterflies Could Gain Endangered Species Protection<\/a> – Extinction Countdown – Scientific American Blog Network.
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