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Tuesday, May 1, 2012

Marvelous Monarch Miracle (Everything Butterfly Photo Blog)


Hi Everybody!  Tonight is your Lucky Night!  I have a post that everyone will like tonight! Everything Butterfly: photostudy of my Texas Monarchs and bonus Canadian photostudy from Professional Photographer Jerry Robin!!! Jerry is a great guy and very creative in his work. We have been best photofriends for 2 years now. He is a nut like I am! We do fight like cats and dogs sometimes,but it is all in good fun! Both of our senior minds forget very fast whatever we fight about, so our friendship stays intact! I think you will like his great work.
Tonight our Nature Focus is on the Monarch Butterfly. You will see what a marvelous miracle their life is! I have posted some facts from Wikipedia for those who want to know more. The first video tonight is a 4 minute look at the complete life cycle of the Monarch. In an incredible transformation, they change from caterpillar to butterfly right before your eyes! The next video will take us from jerry robin's Canada with the Monarchs on the miracle migration to Mexico, an incredible journey. You will see how the humans in Mexico welcome the butterflies.
Our Human Nature Focus will be on Creativity. Allow your mind to take the Fantasy Tour created only in Human Brains. You will see Butterfly People.
The last video is a Feast for the Ears and the Eyes! A Butterfly Slide Show with Music created only in the Human Brain of Yanni.
I have added a surprise bonus Great Performance at the very end. It is in 2 parts, but you may wish to bookmark it and come back later.
It is the creation of a group of Humans and it is Spectacular:
Madame Butterfly. If you have never seen this, try to watch it with an open mind to experience something new! Break the mold of "set in your ways"; learn to Fly with Your Heart!  Enjoy!


Look Out!  Butterfly Release on Super Highway!!!


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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monarch_(butterfly)

Monarch (butterfly)

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus) is a milkweed butterfly (subfamilyDanainae), in the family Nymphalidae. It is perhaps the best known of all North American butterflies. Since the 19th century, it has been found in New Zealand, and in Australia since 1871 where it is called the Wanderer.[3][4][5] It is resident in theCanary Islands, the Azores, and Madeira, and is found as an occasional migrant in Western Europe and a rare migrant in the United Kingdom where it is called the Milkweed [1]. Its wings feature an easily recognizable orange and black pattern, with a wingspan of 8.9–10.2 centimetres (3½–4 in).[6] (The Viceroy butterfly has a similar size, color, and pattern, but can be distinguished by an extra black stripe across the hind wing.) Female Monarchs have darker veins on their wings, and the males have a spot called the "androconium" in the center of each hind wing[7] from which pheromones are released. Males are also slightly larger.
The Monarch is famous for its southward migration and northward return in summer from Canada to Mexico and Baja California which spans the life of three to four generations of the butterfly.
Monarch
Female
Male
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Arthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:Lepidoptera
Family:Nymphalidae
Tribe:Danaini
Genus:Danaus
Kluk, 1802
Species:D. plexippus
Binomial name
Danaus plexippus
(Linnaeus, 1758)

Migration

Monarchs are especially noted for their lengthy annual migration. In North America they make massive southward migrations starting in August until the first frost. A northward migration takes place in the spring. The monarch is the only butterfly that migrates both north and south as the birds do on a regular basis. But no single individual makes the entire round trip. Female monarchs deposit eggs for the next generation during these migrations.[20]
By the end of October, the population east of the Rocky Mountains migrates to thesanctuaries of the Mariposa Monarca Biosphere Reserve within the Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt pine-oak forests in the Mexican states of Michoacán and México. The western population overwinters in various sites in central coastal and southern California,United States, notably in Pacific Grove and Santa Cruz.
The length of these journeys exceeds the normal lifespan of most monarchs, which is less than two months for butterflies born in early summer. The last generation of the summer enters into a non-reproductive phase known as diapause and may live seven months or more.[7] During diapause, butterflies fly to one of many overwintering sites. The generation that overwinters generally does not reproduce until it leaves the overwintering site sometime in February and March.
It is thought that the overwinter population of those east of the Rockies may reach as far north as Texas and Oklahoma during the spring migration. It is the second, third and fourth generations that return to their northern locations in the United States and Canada in the spring. How the species manages to return to the same overwintering spots over a gap of several generations is still a subject of research; the flight patterns appear to be inherited, based on a combination of the position of the sun in the sky[21] and a time-compensated Sun compass that depends upon a circadian clock that is based in their antennae.[22][23]New research has also shown that Monarch butterflies can use the earth's magnetic field for orientation. The antennae contain cryptochrome a photoreceptor protein that is sensitive to the violet-blue part of the spectrum. In the presence of violet or blue light it can function as a chemical compass, which tells the animal if it is aligned with the earths magnetic field, but it is unable to tell the difference between the magnetic North or South. The complete magnetical sense is present in a single antenna.[24][25]
Monarch butterflies are one of the few insects capable of making trans-Atlantic crossings. They are becoming more common in Bermuda due to increased usage of milkweed as an ornamental plant in flower gardens. Monarch butterflies born in Bermuda remain year round due to the island's mild climate. A few monarchs turn up in the far southwest of Great Britain in years when the wind conditions are right, and have been sighted as far east as Long Bennington. In Australia, Monarchs make limited migrations in cooler areas,[3] but the Blue Tiger butterfly is better known in Australia for its lengthy migration.[4] Monarchs can also be found in New Zealand. On the islands of Hawaii no migrations have been noted.
Monarch butterflies are poisonous or distasteful to birds and mammals because of the presence of cardiac glycosides that are contained in milkweed consumed by the larva. It is thought that the bright colors of larvae and adults function as warning colors. During hibernation monarch butterflies sometimes suffer losses because hungry birds pick through them looking for the butterflies with the least amount of poison, but in the process killing those that they reject.
A recent study examined wing colors of migrating monarchs using computer image analysis and found migrants had darker orange (reddish colored) wings than breeding monarchs

Here is Your First Video.  Just Push Play>

Pictorial lifecycle

  • Monarch male showing its wings to attract a mate
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  • Monarch butterflies mating
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  • Monarch butterfly laying eggs on Asclepias curassavica 'Silky Gold'.
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  • Monarch eggs onmilkweed
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  • Close-up on a Monarch egg
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  • An early instar monarch caterpillar
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  • A late instar caterpillar feeding
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  • A late instar caterpillar feeding
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  • A caterpillar beginning pupation
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  • Monarch butterfly chrysalis – early instar
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  • Monarch butterfly chrysalis
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  • Monarch Butterfly in Santa Barbara California
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  • Monarch butterfly chrysalis – late instar
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  • A Monarch eclosing from a chrysalis
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  • Adult monarch butterfly feeding on a Zinnia
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  • Wintering monarch butterflies
Now the Incredible Journey from Canada to Mexico!  Just Push Play>

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Here are jerry robin's mating Monarchs

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Jerry Robin's Photostudy continues after the video


Next is the Fantasy Video with this post:

Uploaded by  on Feb 28, 2010
Dans quelques jours, le Printemps sera là! Déjà, dans les champs et les jardins, les fleurs s'ouvrent! De petits bourgeons apparaissent sur les branches! La nature se réveille et se métamorphose, telle la larve sortant du cocon pour se transformer en un beau papillon! L'homme aussi se réveille de ce long hiver et se transforme, retrouvant vitalité et énergie!
Prenons soin de la nature et de nous-même afin de passer un beau et bon Printemps!
Bonne et douce soirée! Anne

Uploaded by Annemeraude on Feb 28, 2010
In a few days, Spring will be here! Already in the fields and gardens,the flowers open! Small buds appear on branches! Nature wakes and metamorphosis, as the larva out of the cocoon to turn into abeautiful butterfly! The man also wakes up from this long winter and transforms, regaining energy and vitality!
Take care of the nature and ourselves to make a good and beautifulSpring!
Good night and sweet! Anne
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From the great Jerry Robin,:

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How To Become a Butterfly:

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I Love You Jerry Robin and Thanks for the Guest Appearance!   TTYL

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Here is jerry robin's profile photo!  Isn't he Beautiful??
(A real spacey kinda guy!):






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VISIT JERRY ROBIN'S GALLERY




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Okay Everybody, That's a Wrap!
Have a great new day tomorrow and I will see You tomorrow Night!!  Pass this post around to your butterfly friends!
Thank You all for coming by and coming back. Love to Everyone!


.....this is brendasue signing off from Rainbow Creek!  Sweet Dreams, Butterfly!


















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