Le monarque (Danaus plexippus) est un papillon très répandu dans le monde entier, mais plus souvent observé en Amérique du Nord et du Sud. Il a une envergure comprise entre 8,9 cm et 10,2 cm, pour un poids d'environ 0,5 g. Ses ailes sont rouge orangé avec des nervures noires et de larges bordures noires tachetées de blanc. Ses pattes et ses antennes sont noires, et son corps est noir à taches blanches. La chenille du monarque a un corps dodu couvert de bandes jaunes, noires et blanches.
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Some populations of monarch butterflies are migratory and will migrate over 4800km from Canada and the Northern USA to Mexico. It may take 4 generations of butterflies to complete this round trip.
During the migration of the monarch butterfly, thousands of butterflies will cluster together to create the ideal temperature for themselves.
When male monarch butterflies attempt to court and mate with females, 30% of the time they will accidentally grab a male and attempt to mate with him.
Monarch butterfly caterpillars feed on poisonous milkweed which makes them toxic to predators. The orange/red colour of the adults is thought to signal danger for this reason.
During the caterpillar stage, a monarch caterpillar will eat 200 times its bodyweight in milkweed.
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