The Life of the Monarch Butterfly
Imagine you are walking down the street and come across a monarch butterfly collecting nectar from milkweed plants. This butterfly is one of the most famous butterfly species because of the extravagant color of their wings. With their unique lifestyle, their population is still declining, organizations, citizens and programs are helping to save them.
“Overview” states, “The monarch butterfly is known by scientists as Danaus plexippus, which in Greek literally means ‘sleepy transformation’ ” (World Wildlife Fund). They get this name because of the way they hibernate and evolve. What many people do not know about these insects is that they have iconic black, monarch orange and white wings that make it easy for predators to identify that
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Countries like Mexico, Canada and the United States are teaming up to help rescue the butterflies. In Mexico, they are working to protect its sanctuaries, eliminate the destruction of their main habitat which is the forest, and stop illegal logging in the areas they migrate to. The National Wildlife Federation, National Fish & Wildlife Foundation, and the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Services are going to spend two million dollars to plant milkweeds along the butterflies main migration routes. Imam also explains, “Researchers at the Mexican National Commission of Protected Natural Areas and the World Wildlife Fund said they observed a 225% increase from 2015 to 2016 in common habitat areas.” (CNN) The World Wildlife Fund protects the monarch butterflies by managing the forest well, limiting tourism and supporting tree nurseries that help restore forest. Since we all admire this butterfly should all try to do our best to help save these wonderful insects. The organizations and programs that are helping are doing an efficiently good job. Because of this the butterflies have a chance of getting to the healthy population number they were once
In conclusion, In the Time of the Butterflies, is a very touching and breathtaking book that embedded the historical event into a chronological story that showed the symbolic and thematic topics that occurred in the time periods the book was set in which was from 1930’s-1990’s where Dede was telling the
8: The predators of the animal: The kamehameha butterfly is a predator to Koa tree sap and to a variety of flowers.
Secluded in a fenced off floral area, the butterflies can live peacefully, with only a few interruptions from visiting park guests viewing them from afar. This small gem inside of Lapham peak shows a wonderful example of wildlife diversity.
The Dominican Republic’s dictator Rafael Trujillo had thousands of people killed because of their disobedience to him. From the 1930s to 1960s the country was under the control of Trujillo. He had taken control of the Dominican Republic and used his power against people who decided not to follow him and his laws. The four Mirabal sisters, Minerva, Patria, Mate, and Dede were all risking their lives because of their involvement in the underground, against their harsh dictator. In the book In the time of the Butterflies, the four Mirabal sisters perspectives are impacted by the underground movement against Trujillo because of each of their involvement with the revolution.
To emphasize the butterflies are mentioned six times throughout the whole book. The first time they are mentioned even though they were in war it was actually a beautiful place, “ravines and gorges and fast moving rivers and waterfalls and exotic butterflies and steep cliffs.” I believe he was saying even in all this warfare it is still a beautiful place. The second time it was mentioned is the the chapter “The Man I Killed” where it lands on his chin “there was a butterfly on his chin.” I visualize that this could have two meanings one is
So are we just going to ignore the fact that Monarch Butterflies are in trouble?We’re just going to ignore the fact that we could easily help, but we choose not to?The monarch butterfly is an insect that relies their life on milkweed plants and is currently facing the problem of milkweed declining, but it can be solved by planting milkweeds causing the butterfly population to increase rapidly.
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Personification is figurative language in which an animal, object, or other idea are given human characteristics. A good example of the utilization of personification is in the song, the artists sing, “Thought love was dead but now you’re changing my mind.” (Featuring Adam Levine, Gym Class Heroes. “Stereo Hearts.” The Papercut Chronicles II. By Travis McCoy, Adam Levine, Benjamin Levin, Ammar Malik, and Dan Omelio. Fueled by Ramen LLC, 2011). Obviously, love is not a human being, and it cannot die. Therefore, this is usage of personification, as the human quality of mortality is given to an abstract idea, love. While rather old, this use of classic personification works well within the song, as the lead singer conveys his thoughts that the
Today I am going to talk to you about the purple emperor or also known as a butterfly. The purple emperor originates from Mexico, but during the early spring they travel to the northern united states. When they have approached the untied state the female butterfly tries to find a milkweed plant to lay their eggs on. They eat honeydew, animal carcasses, and also the sap from an oak tree. obesely they are the color purple they can also be blue black green and yellow. they have long curled like tongues and brightly colored wings. Their conversation status is threatened
Based on the decline of the Karner blue across its historic range, it was listed as endangered in 1992. Since listing, two populations have been extirpated and are being reintroduced to Concord, New Hampshire, and West Gary, Indiana. A third population is being reintroduced to Ohio. The threat of the Karner blue butterfly extinction exists primarily from the loss of critical habitat caused by landscape fragmentation, natural succession and concomitant suppression of the natural disturbance regime (Smallidge 1996; Clough 1992).
The monarch butterfly, as known as Danaus plexippus, is often called the milkweed butterfly because its larvae eat the milkweed plant. They are also sometimes called "royalty butterflies" because their family name comes from the daughter of Danaus, ruler of Argos. There are many other interesting facts about this butterfly including its anatomy and life cycle, where the butterfly lies on the food chain, the migration from Canada to Mexico, why the butterfly is being threatened, and lastly, what is being done to help the butterfly.
From “One Carpenter’s Life”, I get the points which he wanted us to know from his history is through the hard work and what we going through now can form more the core strength in our body. As haun said, “We long to feel, sometimes in the evening, that gentle breeze that comes, touches our faces, and tells us who we are.”
Three different things are endangering the monarch butterfly. First, is the deforestation of Mexico. Through
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