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Monarch Butterflies


Monarch Butterflies. A beautiful sight. A symbol of hope and change. Who wouldn’t be curious about such a delicate creature? Who wouldn’t want to help the monarchs?

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We Need Monarchs

Monarch butterflies are pollinators. They pollinate many different plants. Without the monarchs, we would be without a lot of crops like tomatoes and melons. The whole food chain would be messed up without monarchs.
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About Our Project

We planned a project to help others see simple things they can do to help rebuild the monarch butterfly population. We created this website, plus a brochure , bookmarks, and kindness rocks to promote the project. We also planted nectar and host plants for monarchs at RiverEdge Nature Center . Click here to see a list of what we planted. Save The Monarchy! Brochure
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A fema le monarch landed on a milkweed plant. Then she laid some eggs. She laid them on the underside of the leaves to protect them from potential predators and dangerous weather.  When the eggs hatch, caterpillars emerge. They eat their eggshell for food first. Then they depend on milkweed to keep them alive. monarch caterpillars only eat milkweed. Most monarch caterpillars begin their chrysalis stage on the milkweed plant or very close to it. After about a day after emerging from the chrysalis, monarchs begin to fly around to gather nectar.
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