Monarch Butterfly Research Paper

Monarch Butterfly and Habitat Loss Monarchs might as well be the most advantageous species on the planet considering they help with pollinating plants which produce our crops and provides a food source for birds and small reptiles. However, the number of monarchs is decreasing from habitat loss, climate change, chemical pollutants, poaching/farming, and public awareness. Herbicide is their biggest threat because it kills their main dish, which is milkweed. Remarkably, people from Science Daily have thought of asking state and local representatives to scale down of unnecessary mowing and herbicide application, promoting agricultural methods that doesn’t kill milkweeds and other plants that pollinators need, and plant milkweeds in areas that aren’t available. Monarchs do their job and now we should do ours. …show more content…
In winter it can be found on the coast of southern California and at high altitudes in central Mexico. The beginning in their life cycle is egg, larval, chrysalis, and adult. First is a greenish egg attached to the underside of a milkweed leaf. Second is a worm like larva hatched from the egg. Third is the larva searching for a suitable place to weave into a chrysalis. Lastly turns into an adult monarch after 28 to 38 days.
A few hours later, they fly off to migrate; however, the limiting factors that might affect their survival is spring migration, fall migration, breeding season, and overwintering season. The living of their environment is their food and predators. The non-living is the spacey wooded areas they live in, and the comfortably warm climate they search for since they’re cold blooded