‘Cryptic’ striped creature found on shrubs around eastern Great Lakes. See new species
The butterfly appears to be a hybrid between two known tiger swallowtail species — P. glaucus and P. canadensis — but because ...
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NATURAL HISTORY
DESCRIPTION: The monarch is a large orange butterfly that flies with its wings held in a “v” shape. The wings have prominent dark veins and two rows of white spots at the edges, and the body is dark.
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Once common in Eastern WA, monarch butterflies could be extinct in the West in 55 years
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is proposing protections for monarch butterflies as future generations of children are at risk of never seeing one of the vivid orange and black creatures in the ...
This Critically Endangered Florida Butterfly Has An Unexpected Weather Ally
A critically endangered butterfly that lives in the southernmost part of Florida thrives in certain years. Researchers turned ...
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Dramatic drop in monarch butterfly count nears record 30-year low
Monarch butterflies, known for their distinctive orange-and-black wings, are found across North America. Monarchs in the eastern United States spend their winters in Mexico and are counted by the ...