#MonarchButterfly

[throughthemeadowflowers]

[humanly]

#insect #butterfly #monarchbutterfly #fashion #headwear #vibrant #balaclava #hoodie #fashiondesign #fallwinter #ai #aiart #aiartwork #generativeart #aidesign #digitalart #conceptart #pixelart #artificialintelligence #midjourney (at Brooklyn, New York) https://www.instagram.com/p/Coaiiymu3wK/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[mollyvega]

Regina is enjoying the unseasonably warm Michigan weather 🧡🖤🧡

[metz-n-matteo]

Monarch butterfly in my friend Robert's back yard in San Diego. ~ Matteo

[mdinudi]

Monarch Butterfly

These designs will be the perfect gifts for you or your family.

[wolvesartcollective]

🦋📚🎓 This beaut was planted #oneyearago @cve_pto 👏🤘🤌 @mary_anne_rishebarger @meadowvonwolfenburcook @towsontownerotary #wolvesartcollective #smallbusiness #littlelibrary #cromwell #parkville #library #butterfly #monarchbutterfly #books #freebooks #reading #readingisfundamental #kidsbooks #technology #yellow #akita #newsworthy #childrensbooks #painting #art #booklover #neverstopreading #wolves #butterflyeffect #charity #progress #teamworkmakesthedreamwork #school (at Cromwell Valley Elementary Technology) https://www.instagram.com/p/CqfxbJmunOJ/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[secondlife]

Immerse yourself in a butterfly oasis at Kaleidoscope in Second Life! 🦋

Kaleidoscope is a Monarch Education Project in Second Life where you can go on a virtual nature hike while learning more about the monarch butterfly.

Come for the beauty, stay for the experience.

Take the teleport ➡️ https://secondlife.com/destination/kaleidoscope-monarch-education-project

Video by Vrutega

[coffeenuts]

The monarch butterfly by Roland B43 https://flic.kr/p/2oCtFqW

[sleepycatjewelry]

Monarch butterfly necklace is an OOAK design with Mexican fire opal, onyx, and turquoise. The chain is completely handcrafted with oval, organic-style, links. Necklace is 20 inches long and the pendant's 3 components measure 3 inches long. What a stunning statement piece! It's listed in my shop and ready to ship. #sleepycatjewelry #monarchbutterfly #butterflynecklace #ooakjewelry #jewelrylover #jewelrydesigner #jewelryartist #silversmith #metalsmith #benchjeweler #inspiredbynature #epicjewelry #organicstyle #madebyhand #njartist #butterfly #sterlingsilverjewelry #handmadechain #makersofnj https://www.instagram.com/p/CpN7APZuJWK/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[crispydeliciousart]

🦋Monarch Butterfly Fairy Girl🦋

✨️Prints Available✨️

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[throughthemeadowflowers]

Releasing a monarch butterfly

[almostasenior]

Who's That Fluttering By?

Coastal discovery museum on Hilton Head Island has exhibits for all age groups. Visitors to the island should stop by and enjoy the nature and beautiful scenery offered.

Coastal Discovery Museum-Hilton Head Island The butterfly enclosure was built to protect, preserve, and harvest butterflies. The museum offers guided tours and educational talks for visitors on site. Coastal Discovery Museum butterfly guide The butterfly enclosure houses colorful plants and plants with nectar to feed the butterflies. Coastal Discovery Museum Butterfly enclosure on Hilton Head…

[ilearnedthistodaysblog]

#1140 Why do Monarch butterflies migrate so far?

Why do Monarch butterflies migrate so far? Monarch butterflies migrate for thousands of kilometers because they can’t survive the cold winters. We know that many species of birds navigate when the weather gets too cold. We are familiar with seeing different bird species in the summer and the winter where we live and we know that birds generally fly south (north in the southern hemisphere) to escape the cold. We are less familiar with the butterflies that migrate every winter. Monarch butterflies live in North America. They are probably one of the most recognizable species of butterfly in North America. They have a wingspan of roughly 10 cm, which makes it fairly large for a butterfly. They are a bright orange color with black marks on their wings. This bright orange color is to warn predators that they are poisonous and should be avoided. When animals use bright colors to signal to other animals that they are poisonous, it is called aposematism, which comes from Greek words that mean “away” and “signal”. Some animals make use of this and are just bright colors without being poisonous. Monarch butterflies carry a toxin that they get from their main food, milkweed. These toxins are called cardiac glycosides, and they make the monarchs taste very bad. A lot of animals will not be able to ingest them and will probably vomit. There are some birds that have evolved ways to eat them, but even those birds have to go without monarchs sometimes because the level of cardiac glycosides in their bodies builds up too high. Monarchs are not the only butterflies that are poisonous. There are not many, but there are some. The thing that makes the Monarch butterfly special is its incredibly long migratory journey. Some of them migrate up to 5,000 km, depending on where they are located in North America. The most northerly Monarchs live up by the Great Lakes, just on the edge of Canada and they migrate all the way down to northern Mexico. The distance is pretty impressive, but that is not what makes this spectacular. The really impressive things are how they navigate to a place they have never been to before and how they live long enough to make the journey. If you have ever driven a long way in your car, you know that navigating, unless you have Google Maps, is very difficult. Somehow, Monarch butterflies manage to successfully navigate their way for thousands of kilometers. Nobody knows exactly how they do it, but the most likely method is by using the sun to navigate. The butterflies only fly during the day, and they can use the angle of the sun compared with an internal body clock to keep going in a straight line. This has been tested by lepidopterists. On sunny days, Monarchs fly in a fairly straight line, and on cloudy days they tend to fly a random path. However, how they navigate is not as impressive as how they know where to go. As we will see, the butterflies that start the migration at the end of the summer are the great-great-great-great-grandkids of the Monarchs that made the journey the year before. Again, nobody knows the answer to this either. It seems that when the temperature drops to a certain point, they start to fly in the direction that keeps the temperature the same or warmer. The really impressive thing is the way the Monarchs that do the migrating live longer than regular Monarch butterflies. During the summer months, adult Monarch butterflies live for 2 to 5 weeks. During that time, they eat, mate, and lay as many eggs as they can. Regular butterflies. Then there is a change. The butterflies that hatch in late August have several differences. The first is that they don’t become sexually mature straight away. The second is that they eat nectar instead of milkweed. This is a concentrated source of energy that they can store. The third is that they have a lower metabolic rate, which means that they can use more energy for flying. Once they hatch out of their chrysalis, they start to fly for Mexico. They stop along the way to eat and rest, but they generally just fly. These late summer Monarchs live for between 6 and 9 months! They spend the majority of their lives flying down to Mexico. Once there, they roost in trees, eat nectar, and stay warm. Only in the spring do they become sexually mature and they start mating. This is triggered by the temperature and the length of the day. Once they mate, they lay eggs, and these eggs are the generation that will start the journey back. Most of the long-lived Monarchs that flew all the way down will not leave Mexico. The next generation become butterflies and they start to fly up towards America, but they don’t fly it in one journey. They stop every now and then to lay eggs and each successive generation flies a little further up. Several generations will pass before they reach their summer haunts again. Several more generations live through the summer before the temperature drops and the whole cycle repeats. And this is what I learned today. - #421 How many revolutions has France had? - #347 How did the Polynesians navigate? - #1045 Why is Mexico City sinking? - #60 Why do birds migrate? - #639 What is the difference between a moth and a butterfly? Sources https://www.fs.usda.gov/wildflowers/pollinators/Monarch_Butterfly/migration/index.shtml https://www.forbes.com/sites/alisonescalante/2021/02/09/scientists-discover-how-a-group-of-butterflies-became-toxic https://www.nwf.org/Educational-Resources/Wildlife-Guide/Invertebrates/Monarch-Butterfly https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monarch_butterfly_migration https://blog.3bee.com/en/because-butterflies-are-colourful https://paradisemonarchs.com/blogs/blog-1/the-life-cycle-of-a-monarch-butterfly?srsltid=AfmBOopRPsn0NEv45l7XtgrNH90UXYpreoqF4mTzHF287MPefN-HQwYy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monarch_butterfly https://monarchjointventure.org/monarch-biology/monarch-migration Photo by Tinthia Clemant: https://www.pexels.com/photo/monarch-butterfly-perching-on-red-flower-1557208/ Read the full article

[larva-dayoo]

🍬【Bien le bonjour !! / Hello !!】🍬

🌸« Je suis enfin revenue après des mois d'absence !»🌸

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🦋 ๋࣭ ⭑⚝ Ceci est un papillon Monarque que j'ai peint avec de la peinture Acrylique. Je devais le peindre avec ma mémoire mais si l'on compare mon travail avec un papillon Monarque actuel, on peut y voir les différences. Ce n'est pas parfait mais je courais avec peu de temps pour le terminer. C'était pour ma classe de "D.A.C.A." ( Dessin Artistique et Création Artistique ) - 4H par semaine. Il fut finis le 08 Novembre 2024. ♡ྀི ₊ - CRÉATION FAITE EN BELGIQUE

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🦋 ๋࣭ ⭑⚝ This is a Monarch Butterfly that I painted with Acrylic Paint. I had to do this from memory but if you compare it to an actual Monarch Butterfly, we notice differences. It isn't perfect but I was running short on time. It was for my ART Class “D.A.C.A.” ( Artistic Drawing and Artistic Creation ) - 4H a week. It was finished on the 08th November 2024. ♡ྀི ₊ - CREATION MADE IN BELGIUM

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[mdinudi]

Monarch Butterfly

This design will be the perfect gift for who loves Butterfly.