Whether you’re a butterfly fanatic or simply interested in nature, the monarch butterfly is worth a study. Beautiful and ...

Pathogens and predators make life tough for young monarchs The milkweed plant is essential to the monarch's survival. Adult butterflies lay their eggs on the undersides of the leaves, and when the ...

In 2020, around Thanksgiving, a total of fewer than 2,000 monarch ... laying eggs all through the year and have no need to migrate. “Migration promotes insect fitness (migrating butterflies ...

The iconic monarch butterfly is declining ... it does is devour the shell of the egg (this both provides a nourishing first meal, and removes evidence that predators might use to find the ...

Then, she releases the monarch butterflies."There's so many predators. Studies say that in the wild a female can lay 300 eggs and there's 3% to 10% survival rate in the eggs," Thomspson said.

Many gardeners will tell you that aphids are the bane of their existence. According to a new study from the University of Florida, these tiny pests also pose problems for the iconic monarch butterfly.

Monarch butterflies are poisonous to predators because of the chemicals in the milkweed ... A typical monarch life span (from egg to adult) is 2 to 6 weeks, but migrating monarchs live up to 9 months.