Journal of Experimental Biology https://jeb.biologists.org/content/222/22/jeb217513

Kathryn Knight Journal of Experimental Biology A monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus) caterpillar feeding on milkweed. Photo credit: Jayne Yack.

Science https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2019/10/how-monarch-butterfly-evolved-its-resistance-toxic-milkweed?utm_campaign=news_daily_2019-10-02&et_rid=389253831&et_cid=3013912

“They are impressive pieces of research,” says Marcus Kronforst, an …

Wisconsin Gazette http://www.wisconsingazette.com/news/report-million-acres-of-monarch-habitat-to-be-doused-with/article_a3b7d956-1e35-11e8-aad2-dfa1667caa31.html Monarch populations have fallen 80 percent in the past two decades due to escalating …

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I have been involved with monarch butterflies for over 40 years. Each year I take eggs or larvae into a netted area and release the adults, affording them protection from (mainly) social wasps. I founded the …

ScienceDaily https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/07/190708112443.htm

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University of Guelph

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Researchers equipped monarch butterflies and green darner dragonflies with radio transmitters and tracked them through southern Ontario and …

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In October 2018 I reared a small number of about 20 Monarch Butterflies.Approximately 5 caterpillars had migrated down the Swan plants and ended up pupating under the shelter of the ledge of a raised vegetable garden that I have …

Phys.Org https://phys.org/news/2018-07-carbon-dioxide-pose-previously-unrecognized.html