Californiacottagegarden
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Californiacottagegarden :
Monarch butterflies: • Massive Migration: North American monarchs travel up to 3,000 miles every year from Canada and the northern U.S. to the mountain forests of central Mexico or Southern California to spend the winter. • Toxic Diet: Monarch caterpillars only eat milkweed, which stores cardiac glycosides (toxins) in their bodies. This makes the caterpillars and adult butterflies taste bad and poisonous to predators, who learn to avoid their bright orange and black colors. • The Super Generation: While regular summer monarchs only live for about 2 to 5 weeks, the special final generation born in late summer undergoes the long migration and can live for 8 to 9 months. • Gold-Studded Chrysalis: When a monarch caterpillar turns into a chrysalis, it hardens into a vibrant green shell decorated with a ring of tiny, shiny gold dots. • Taste with Their Feet: Monarchs have special sensory receptors on their feet that let them taste and detect chemical properties on plants, which helps females identify exact milkweed leaves to lay their eggs on.💕💕💕
2026-11-07 18:26:40
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Jacki and Marv :
So beautiful. It's not quite as pretty here in Iowa today!
2026-11-07 21:41:48
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Californiacottagegarden :
You can grow this milkweed plant in soil or in pots. I have this plant next to the table so they can come close while eating. 💕
2026-11-07 18:28:23
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