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Have you ever wondered what it's like to taste with your... legs?!?
That's right, with your legs! That's how the monarch butterfly tastes water and nectar. This majestic beauty has tiny hairs on its legs and feet that allow for this. They also drink with a long tongue called a proboscis, which coils up like a garden hose underneath their bottom lip when not in use. Imagine eating solely with your tongue - that would be such a struggle for us humans!
And speaking of eating, monarch caterpillars are very, VERY picky eaters.
They will only eat one thing in the entire world: milkweed. If we humans only ate one thing for our entire lives, no doubt we'd get bored pretty quick! In fact, the reason monarchs are endangered is because of urban development and agricultural expansion, which eliminates the milkweed they need to grow.
Milkweed is also beneficial in that it provides caterpillars with the fuel they need for when they migrate south for the winter and north again for the summer.
And on the topic of migration, monarch butterflies will fly up to two or three thousand miles, about a hundred miles a day. They sure have nothing on us, when we can travel over 500 miles a day without getting tired!
Another fun fact about the monarch butterfly is that they are very toxic to predators, perhaps even more toxic than a pack of angry K-pop stans.
The toxicity comes from the presence of cardenolides (a type of steroid) in the butterfly's body, which caterpillars get from their milkweed. This is also the reason they're so brightly colored - it's so predators will know to avoid them at all costs.
Lastly, here is a picture I drew of a monarch resting on a flower! It's pink and green, and not orange and black, bc I wanted to get creative. lol
That's right, with your legs! That's how the monarch butterfly tastes water and nectar. This majestic beauty has tiny hairs on its legs and feet that allow for this. They also drink with a long tongue called a proboscis, which coils up like a garden hose underneath their bottom lip when not in use. Imagine eating solely with your tongue - that would be such a struggle for us humans!
And speaking of eating, monarch caterpillars are very, VERY picky eaters.
They will only eat one thing in the entire world: milkweed. If we humans only ate one thing for our entire lives, no doubt we'd get bored pretty quick! In fact, the reason monarchs are endangered is because of urban development and agricultural expansion, which eliminates the milkweed they need to grow.
Milkweed is also beneficial in that it provides caterpillars with the fuel they need for when they migrate south for the winter and north again for the summer.
And on the topic of migration, monarch butterflies will fly up to two or three thousand miles, about a hundred miles a day. They sure have nothing on us, when we can travel over 500 miles a day without getting tired!
Another fun fact about the monarch butterfly is that they are very toxic to predators, perhaps even more toxic than a pack of angry K-pop stans.
The toxicity comes from the presence of cardenolides (a type of steroid) in the butterfly's body, which caterpillars get from their milkweed. This is also the reason they're so brightly colored - it's so predators will know to avoid them at all costs.
Lastly, here is a picture I drew of a monarch resting on a flower! It's pink and green, and not orange and black, bc I wanted to get creative. lol
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