Adult monarchs eat nectar. Do monarchs travel when and where their needs for food can be met? By monitoring the availability of nectar-producing flowers during spring migration, we can study how closely the two events are ecologically matched.
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Monarchs depend on nectar to fuel their busy lives. What sources do you have available when the butterflies arrive?
Monarchs depend on nectar to fuel their busy lives. What sources do you have available when the butterflies arrive?
Expanding North and East
Monarchs have now expanded across 1 billion acres of breeding habitat from the 6 acres of winter habitat they occupied in Mexico.
Monarchs have now expanded across 1 billion acres of breeding habitat from the 6 acres of winter habitat they occupied in Mexico.
