history: I like butterflies. I think my favorite would have to be the Monarch butterfly.
knowledge: Adult butterflies have large, often brightly coloured wings, and conspicuous, fluttering flight.
response: Cool, do you like their brightly colored wings?
history: I like butterflies. I think my favorite would have to be the Monarch butterfly.
Cool, do you like their brightly colored wings?
Yes, I do! Every year we go to see the latge migration of them in California. It is something else to see them in such large numbers.
knowledge: When metamorphosis is complete, the pupal skin splits, the adult insect climbs out, and after its wings have expanded and dried, it flies off.
response: That's cool. Have you ever seen one emerge from a cocoon after they metamorphize?
history: I like butterflies. I think my favorite would have to be the Monarch butterfly.
Cool, do you like their brightly colored wings?
Yes, I do! Every year we go to see the latge migration of them in California. It is something else to see them in such large numbers.
That's cool. Have you ever seen one emerge from a cocoon after they metamorphize?
I've seen videos of it, yeah. It's kind of funny that something so beautiful can come from something that is a little creepy.
knowledge: Butterflies are often polymorphic, and many species make use of camouflage, mimicry and aposematism to evade their predators.
response: I know that some butterflies can camouflage and mimic other things to evade predators. Do you know if monarchs do that?
history: I like butterflies. I think my favorite would have to be the Monarch butterfly.
Cool, do you like their brightly colored wings?
Yes, I do! Every year we go to see the latge migration of them in California. It is something else to see them in such large numbers.
That's cool. Have you ever seen one emerge from a cocoon after they metamorphize?
I've seen videos of it, yeah. It's kind of funny that something so beautiful can come from something that is a little creepy.
I know that some butterflies can camouflage and mimic other things to evade predators. Do you know if monarchs do that?
I have no clue, but the other year I was fortunate enough to have the space to plant a batch of flowers that attracted butterflies to my garden. It was interesting seeing just how different they all are.
knowledge: Butterfly fossils date to the Paleocene, which was about 56 million years ago.
response: And they have been around for 56 million years!
history: I like butterflies. I think my favorite would have to be the Monarch butterfly.
Cool, do you like their brightly colored wings?
Yes, I do! Every year we go to see the latge migration of them in California. It is something else to see them in such large numbers.
That's cool. Have you ever seen one emerge from a cocoon after they metamorphize?
I've seen videos of it, yeah. It's kind of funny that something so beautiful can come from something that is a little creepy.
I know that some butterflies can camouflage and mimic other things to evade predators. Do you know if monarchs do that?
I have no clue, but the other year I was fortunate enough to have the space to plant a batch of flowers that attracted butterflies to my garden. It was interesting seeing just how different they all are.
And they have been around for 56 million years!
That I did not know but I wouldn't doubt it.
knowledge: Some butterflies, especially in the tropics, have several generations in a year, while others have a single generation, and a few in cold locations may take several years to pass through their whole life cycle.
response: In addition, some species complete several generations within a single year, but others live for years.