2007-01-12 11:37:37 · 3 answers · asked by selene r 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Zoology
Monarchs are endeangered. I'm sorta assumiong the Butterfly, and not the bird Monarch. Well, on the first day of Spring they travel to Texas from mexico and mate there in Texas. The catapillars can only eat Milkweed plants, and those are disappearing too, so they are endangered. Then near summer they reach the Great Lakes, and cross one of them and mate again before heading back to Mexico.
2007-01-12 12:54:29 · answer #1 · answered by Sparki 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Monarchs actually migrate, just like birds. There's a State Beach near where I live, that is one of the stops on their migration path. It's kind of amazing to see it, really...You think you're in a simple eucalyptus glen, but then when you really look, you see that what you thought were leaves, are actually butterflies. I know that the Monarchs are protected while they're there - but I can't address the rest of your question, as to whether or not they're endangered. If 100,000 of them come here every year, it seems as if there are quite a few of them still around!
2007-01-12 19:49:14 · answer #2 · answered by abfabmom1 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I saw thousands of them a couple years ago at Pismo Beach, in California. They looked just like orange leaves on the trees because they sit with their wings closed, but when you get some binoculars out, you realize that they are ALL butterflies. It was a pretty amazing site. I suggest you go see them if you are ever in california at the right time of year. Here is some more info on them:
http://www.monarchbutterfly.org/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monarch_butterfly
2007-01-12 21:56:04 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋