Monarch Butterfly Research Paper

The migrating of monarch is because of the harsh conditions on the northern US. They move south from areas of southern Canada and most of the US to a few sites in Mexico (Grzimek's, 2003). They migrate itself usually takes three to four generations of monarchs (Clattenburg, 2004). Scientists do not know why they migrate, but there are different theories. The first theory is the change of light in fall (Clattenburg, 2004). While others scientists claim the monarchs have a chemical in their bodies in which they are attracted to Mexico where the congregate in certain trees (Clattenburg, 2004). The latter does not explain why monarchs stay in Southern Florida as permanent residents (Emmel, 1999).

     The migrating of monarch is because of the harsh conditions on the northern US. They move south from areas of southern Canada and most of the US to a few sites in Mexico (Grzimek's, 2003). They migrate itself usually takes three to four generations of monarchs (Clattenburg, 2004). Scientists do not know why they migrate, but there are different theories. The first theory is the change of light in fall (Clattenburg, 2004). While others scientists claim the monarchs have a chemical in their bodies in which they are attracted to Mexico where the congregate in certain trees (Clattenburg, 2004). The latter does not explain why monarchs stay in Southern Florida as permanent residents (Emmel, 1999).

The monarch butterflies differ in migration than the any other species that migrate as well.The reason why the monarchs are different than other species is that they later come back to their previous winter location while other species stay.Monarch Butterflies migrate over 300,000 miles, for they can not stand the harsh cold temperatures. Every fall, they come from northern United States of America and migrate to southern United States of America, and at times they migrate all the way down to Mexico. Since monarch butterflies have” a complicated life cycle”(Migration) monarchs that have emerged in the winter do not yet reproduce until they’re in the summer or spring season.On the other hand, monarch butterflies that are emerged in the summer or springtime reproduce rapidly. In addition, it’s important for the monarchs to know when they have to migrate to the south and back to the winter.

Introduction: My kindergarten learners are very diverse. It is comprised of twenty-one 5 and 6 year old students. There are 11 boys and 10 girls. In my class, there are children with ADHD, severe learning disabilities, multiple ESL learners, Cerebral Palsy, Severe Behavior, and other assortment of needs.

History may define the identity of a nation, but its progress and social change makes the nation a legacy. The way society is systemized today is the result of a millennia of years of victories and failures. Social change is a blessing of humanity where the basic traits of expression, belief, greed and cruelty unite to determine the fate of society. Julia Alvarez’s In the Time of Butterflies illuminates the early to middle 20th century Dominican Republic society, where the Mirabal sisters, Dedé, Maria Teresa, Patria, and Minerva, are agitators of revolution after seeing dictator

Julia Alvarez’s In the Time of Butterflies is a work of historical fiction set in the Dominican Republic under the rule of powerful dictator known as Trujillo. Four sisters work together to resist a force greater than themselves to stand up for their beliefs and protect their family. Patria, Dede, Mate, and Minerva, “the butterflies”, experience the loss of their father and family members to the regime. They work together to retrieve them back or use their losses to drive them to overthrow their compelling government. Each of the sisters represent a larger theme of the novel such as religious importance, identity, or coming of age. Minerva Mirabal is driven by the need to escape the “cage” she is locked in by Trujillo. Therefore, the theme

The monarch butterflies will spend their winter hibernation in Mexico and some parts of Southern California where

Short movement between plants as adults, eggs transfer in soil by adhering to stock. Movement in summer caused by over-summering eggs being translocated by wind. Over-summering eggs need “approx. 2 weeks of exposure to favourable conditions” (DEPI VIC) to hatch.

(http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2015/08/05/are-monarch-butterflies-really-being-massacred-a-new-study-says-its-a-lot-more-complicated-than-it-seems/) Monarch butterflies are one of the only two-way migratory species other than birds. Every spring, they embark on a 3,000 mile journey north from the mountains of Mexico and return in the fall. The migration can make it a little harder to accurately estimate population numbers; even so, the severity of the decline is no accounting slip-up.

The adult females lay eggs stacked on each other which resembles a cactus spine. The larvae feed by burrowing into a pad which can kill their host plant. They have three flights in the southeastern United States which is in late March to May, July to August, and late September to mid-November. They have one host and that is the pricklypear cacti. They are native to Argentina but now found in southeastern United States. They do need some management because they need to be prevented from spreading further.

Because the females do not have wings, they cannot disperse to find mates (Cranshaw et al. 2014). Therefore, females emit a sex pheromone that attracts males to them (Wickman et al. 1981). Wickman et al. (1981) states that males are mainly active during the day, which could mean that males depend on visually locating females in addition to the pheromones. Once the moths have mated, the females lay woolly, gray egg masses containing as many as 350 eggs (Wickman et al. 1981). The moths die after mating and laying eggs, leaving the egg masses to overwinter and repeat the

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).

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Coral reefs worldwide are currently being threatened by climate change and ocean acidification. A recent estimate shows that approximately 30% of reefs have already sustained significant damage, and up to 60% of reefs may be completely destroyed by the year 2030 (Hughes et al.). Because of the fragile state of reefs worldwide, it is important to be able to determine the health of reef systems. One possible indicator may be found in the behavior of butterflyfish. Butterflyfish are common in Indo-Pacific and Caribbean reef comminutes, with species representing three different trophic guilds including corallivory, planktivory, and benthic omnivory. Marc Slattery and Deborah J. Gochfield created the “Butterflyfish indicator hypothesis,” which assumes that as coral condition decreases which results in lower quality food sources, it will cause a chain reaction of obligate corallivores changing their behavior or even emigrating away from their territories, while facultative corallivores are less effected by these changes in coral health. In order to study this, Slattery and Gochfeld studied butterflyfish behavior at three different sites in Guam, with all three being at different stages of overall health. Cocos lagoon (CL) was the most heavily impacted, with the Piti Bomb Holes (PBH) being slightly less impacted, and Luminao Reef (LR) being relatively unimpacted. The researchers wanted to

Queens emerge from fertilized eggs, and they are responsible for laying eggs and produce Queen Mandibular Pheromone. Queens are raised from worker eggs (in optimal cases), and they are made to be queens by getting fed with an extensive amount of royal jelly. The queen is ready to mate after the 25th day after emerging, and if the weather permitted it, you might find the new queen’s fertile eggs on 28th day. A queen usually lasts for about 3 years, but there are stories about queens still laying well after 7 years! There are three events which make the bees to raise a new