The Monarch Butterfly is one of the most beautiful butterflies and is known all over the world. The butterfly has bright orange wings (span 8-13 cm) with black streaks, and males still have a spot in the center of each hind wing. That's where the pheromones come from.
The Monarch Butterfly is notable for its long annual migration. It starts from August until the first frosts. And in the spring, migration to the north begins. During such migrations, the butterfly lays eggs. And here more about the migrations of monarchs.
The length of these migrations exceeds the normal life cycle of butterflies and is less than two months for butterflies born in early summer. The last generation enters the non-reproductive phase and can live up to 7 months. The wintering generation of monarchs does not lay eggs until the first leaves appear, i.e. before February or March.
The Monarch Butterfly can survive 6 to 8 weeks in a garden, as long as there are Euphorbia plants and the right nectar-producing flowers. Especially these are gardens surrounded by natural forests.
Monarchs have a nasty taste and are generally poisonous. This can be seen from the strong contrast between the wings and the skin. This phenomenon is called aposemanism.
Recent illegal deforestation has led to a decline in the number of these butterflies, because that is where they were the place of their wintering.
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