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The Migratory Monarch Butterfly
(Danaus plexippus plexippus)
The North American Migratory Monarch Butterfly is known for its bright orange wings with black veins and tips, speckled with white dots. They travel almost 3,000 miles at the end of every summer from the U.S. and Canada to California and Mexico for winter. These butterflies only lay eggs on Milkweed, this plant is the sole food source for the Monarch caterpillars. Urban development and climate change has nearly diminished this plant and the existence of this butterfly. I think its our responsibility to help conserve these endangered species because we are the only ones who can.
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About the author
When I was very young, maybe second grade, my class had the opportunity to raise Monarch Butterflies. Even as a child I was fascinated by the life cycle of this species, I raised and cared for this butterfly since it was a tiny white egg on a milkweed leaf, to a tiny green larvae that was smaller than a grain of rice. I watched my very own caterpillar create its chrysalis to hibernate ( it was the highlight of class that day ). I watched my butterfly break out of its chrysalis and it hung out to dry itself off before we released them. That is a memory that will never leave me, I am glad to have had that opportunity at such a young age.
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