Monarch Butterfly is a photograph by Phyllis Taylor which was uploaded on October 7th, 2016.
Monarch Butterfly
Monarchs are large, beautifully colored butterflies that are easy to recognize by their striking orange, black, and white markings. They live in... more
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Monarch Butterfly
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Phyllis Taylor
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Monarchs are large, beautifully colored butterflies that are easy to recognize by their striking orange, black, and white markings. They live in North, Central, and South America as well as Australia, some Pacific Islands, India, and Western Europe. The wingspan of a full-grown monarch can reach nearly five inches (13 centimeters), although the average is closer to four inches (10 centimeters).
Their markings include bright orange wings covered with black veins and rimmed with a black border and white dots. Females have thicker veins in their wings. A monarch's brilliant coloring tells predators: "Don't eat me. I'm poisonous." The butterflies get their toxins from a plant called milkweed, which is their only food source in the caterpillar stage. An animal that eats a monarch butterfly usually doesn't die, but it feels sick enough to avoid monarchs in the future.
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October 7th, 2016
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