Interesting Facts About Monarch butterfly

Monarch Butterflies

Classification:

Monarch butterflies belong to the Danaus plexippus group. This group is found in a lot of countries including New Zealand.

Description:

Monarch butterflies are reddish-orange with black vain-like markings. There is a black border around its wings with white spots on it. The wings are 4 inches wide. The male and female monarch butterflies have almost the same description except the black veins are thicker on the female's wings and the male has small pouches on their back wings where they store pheromones (a chemical that is released by an insect that affects the behaviour of the other members of the same species).

The Monarch butterflies have six jointed legs, three body parts, a pair of antennae, exoskeleton and their eyes are together like a spider. The three body parts are the head, thorax and the sixth legs of the butterflies which are attached to the thorax. Monarch butterflies don’t make sound. They are silent.

Monarch butterflies sip liquid. They drink nectar from many flowers, including milkweed, dogbane, red clover, thistle, lantana, lilac, goldenrod and etc.

Monarch butterflies were the first to be named and discovered by a man named Samuel H. Scudder in 1874.

Conclusion:

Monarch butterflies are very interesting insects to study. I have learnt that they are the most popular creatures in the world as they are found all around the world including the Pacific Islands.