Monarch butterflies (Danaus plexippus) get the press on migration – but many more insect species migrate.
Could we be seeing the end of some of the great animal migrations? Fishing, fences and development are fast-tracking extinctions. ...
Butterflies and moths form the insect order Lepidoptera. The word ‘Lepidoptera’ comes from the Greek ‘lepis’ meaning scale and ‘petron’ ...
New Zealand’s most identifiable butterfly is the monarch (Danaus plexippus). Although found in many places around the world, the monarch ...
In this activity, students place small stickers (tags) onto caught or newly emerged monarch butterflies and release them into the ...
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