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Jim Pratt is an avid outdoors enthusiast, studying and enjoying Mother Nature's blessings. He has many years experience in the trials and tribulations of home gardening and landscaping, discovering and verifying that some things work and many do not!
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- Species of the Monarch Butterfly
[Reference-and-Education:Wildlife] There are approximately 1.5 million insect species on our planet. Learn about Monarch Butterflies and their place in Mother Nature's plan.
- Monarch Butterflies Change in the Winter
[Reference-and-Education:Science] In colder winter areas Monarch Butterflies become sluggish, and they do not reproduce. Because they are cold blooded, when the air temperatures become cooler difficult challenges are presented.
- The Monarch Butterfly's Life Stages
[Reference-and-Education:Wildlife] The Monarch Butterfly cycle from egg, to caterpillar, to an adult winged creature is truly amazing. People of all ages are fascinated by watching the aging of the gangly caterpillar, and observing a green chrysalis (pupa state) transforming into a butterfly that quickly grows into an adult. You may have seen experiments in school watching the Monarch progress through its stages.
- Predators of the Monarch Butterfly
[Reference-and-Education:Science] Millions of Monarch Butterflies become food for various predators every year. Besides their life cycle being very short, especially in the warmer months, their fragile wings are very susceptible to water. Even a few drops of the morning dew can be hazardous, and in colder weather wing icing (like aircraft) can be disastrous!
- The Monarch Butterfly's Necessary Milkweed Plant
[Reference-and-Education] The poisonous Milkweed is the primary food source for the Monarch Butterfly pupa, or caterpillar (which is classified as a specialist herbivore). Milkweeds are the only source of nourishment up until they are released from their cocoon (chrysalis) and transformed (or undergo metamorphosis) into a butterfly. After transformation the adults drink water and extract nectar from many kinds of flowers.
- Monarch Butterfly's Life Cycle
[Reference-and-Education:Science] The Monarch Butterfly's life cycle is a wonder of nature. It begins as a tiny egg on a milkweed plant, changes to a larval caterpillar, and then magically undergoes a metamorphosis change into a vibrant colored butterfly.
- Releasing Monarch Butterflies - Awesome But With Complications?
[Reference-and-Education] Can you picture the release of hundreds of Monarch Butterflies fluttering around a bride dressed in white? I recently learned about this ingenious idea.
- The Monarch Butterfly - An Endangered or Threatened Species?
[Reference-and-Education:Science] The Monarch Butterfly population, as well as numerous other animal species, is suffering the effects of man-made events as well as the consequences of the "global warming" phenomenon. Scientists assert that the global climate change may cause the Monarch's Mexican over-wintering sites to become wetter and the spring and summer breeding areas of the United States west coast and mid-western agricultural belt to become warmer. As temperatures become to warm for this species, their summer migrations may take them even further northward.
- Attracting The Monarch Butterfly To Your Flower Garden
[Home-and-Family:Gardening] Do you know how easy it is to attract Monarch Butterflies to your flower garden? It's easy - flower nectar and milkweed plants!
- Monarch Butterflies - An Amazing Creature
[Reference-and-Education:Science] Mother Nature created a truly bewildering little creature in the Monarch Butterfly. How is it done?
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