Working to keep the Monarch Butterfly coming back year after year. Don’t let them disappear. Get planting!
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Monarch Fact of the Day
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Monarch butterflies feed primarily on milkweed, an itself toxic plant. Monarchs have not only evolved to tolerate it but also, store the toxins in them, making them poisonous to predators
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Western Monarchs have declined by 99% since the 1980s. Eastern Monarch population has declined by nearly 80%. The decrease is caused by lack of essential resources to thrive. Plant some milkweed and nectar full flowers to save Monarchs!
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@MonarchOfficial Emerged this morning. My 9th & 10th – at Irvine, CA
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Monarch project update:
- 10 chrysalises with new one this afternoon. First was Aug. 5 -> butterfly in 10-14 days = this week!
- Six caterpillars. Largest 2.5”, smallest 1/3”. #monarchbutterfly @MonarchOfficial – at Irvine, CA
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Male Monarchs discharge chemicals from the rear wing glands to attract a female Monarch to mate with.
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The beautiful colors of the Monarch butterfly serve as a warning to predators that they are poisonous.
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🌳 Trees
🐝 Bees
🍏 Orchards
🐸 Ponds
🥕 Healthy, spray-free veg
🚄 Sustainable public transport
🐞 Insects
🌊 Clean water
🦊 Wildlife
🦋 Hedgerows
🌻 Wildflowers
♻️ Waste reduction and recycling
🐬 Clean, plastic-free oceans
🚗 Clean air
🌎 #Climateaction
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Both male and female Monarch butterflies use a tube called a proboscis to eat nectar and water. When not in use the proboscis lies coiled under the head.
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Monarch butterflies can see lots of different colors and even see UV lights that a human cannot.🤓🦋
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Female Monarch butterflies can lay 250 eggs in one day laying only one egg at a time.
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After a Monarch emerges from a chrysalis it will only live for 2-6 weeks. There is also a super generation that flies to Mexico every fall to hibernate and then flies home in the spring.
