Beauty and the Butterflies
by Jennie Breeze
Title
Beauty and the Butterflies
Artist
Jennie Breeze
Medium
Photograph - Original Img_6858
Description
Photograph taken at Central Park in Huntington Beach, Ca. Monarch butterflies embark on a marvelous migratory phenomenon. They travel between 1,200 and 2,800 miles or more from the United States and Canada to central Mexican forests. There the butterflies hibernate in the mountain forests, where a less extreme climate provides them a better chance to survive. The monarch butterfly is known as Danaus plexippus, which in Greek literally means "sleepy transformation." The name evokes the species' ability to hibernate and metamorphize. Adult monarch butterflies possess two pairs of brilliant orange-red wings, featuring black veins and white spots along the edges. Males, who possess distinguishing black dots along the veins of their wings, are slightly bigger than females. Overwintering monarchs usually live 7 – 8 months compared to other generations that only live 2 – 6 weeks. Monarch butterflies engage in Müllerian mimicry in an effort to mutually co-mimic each other and warn predators of their toxicity.
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February 6th, 2022
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