Monarch's Caterpillar.NZ
by Jennie Breeze
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Monarch's Caterpillar.NZ
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Jennie Breeze
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The monarch is recognizable for two reasons. Its main habitat is the suburban garden and it's our largest common butterfly.enjoy watching their amazing journey through metamorphosis. Adults lay their eggs on plants such as the swan plant, milkweed, or other surfaces. Larvae (caterpillars) hatch from the eggs, then grow. They become pupae, encased in a cocoon while their wings develop. They emerge from the cocoon as adults. Adult butterflies and moths do not live very long. One week is considered long. Females lay between 300 to 400 eggs at a rate of about 40 per day. The Swan Plant gets its English name from the inflated seed pods which have a point that can be likened to the beak of a swan with the rest of the pod making up the bird's body. There are about 2,000 types of native New Zealand butterflies and moths. More than 90% are found nowhere else. This is the highest proportion of unique butterflies and moths in the world. Another 68 types have been introduced since European settlement.
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May 23rd, 2014
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