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Definition of monarch butterfly
: a large migratory American butterfly (Danaus plexippus) that has orange-brown wings with black veins and borders and a larva that feeds on milkweed
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Recent Examples on the Web What was then a nascent field of study has since been endorsed by the Federal Highway Administration and bolstered by former President Barack Obama’s 2015 monarch butterfly corridor plan.
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Jules Struck, The Christian Science Monitor, "Can roadsides offer a beeline for pollinators?," 31 July 2020 Each mask featured in the book has a meaning, starting with the cover’s migrating monarch butterfly, symbolizing immigration.
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Dallas News, "To show love amid COVID-19 fears, North Texas couple creates a bilingual book to help kids cope," 1 July 2020 The monarch butterfly — that, my friends, is where the answer lies.
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Gabriel Casanova, ExpressNews.com, "2020 a year of transformation for new graduates," 10 June 2020 With all the interest in monarch butterflies, many gardeners are planting milkweed.
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Calvin Finch, ExpressNews.com, "Calvin Finch: The insect pests invading San Antonio gardens and how to stop them," 2 Apr. 2020 Photographer Jaime Rojo, a National Geographic Society grantee who specializes in monarch butterflies, said the local environmentalists were under pressure by loggers and by drug cartels, who want to expand farming fields.
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National Geographic, "Why is protecting butterflies so dangerous?," 6 Feb. 2020 Millions of monarch butterflies return to the site every year as part of their natural migration, according to UNESCO.
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Ryan W. Miller, USA TODAY, "Two men were found dead within days of each other in Mexico. They both worked for a famed butterfly sanctuary.," 4 Feb. 2020 He and his colleagues analyzed isotopes of the elements hydrogen and carbon in more than 1,000 monarch butterflies collected in Mexico by Brower and others over four decades.
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Gabriel Popkin, Scientific American, "What Is Really Killing Monarch Butterflies?," 1 Mar. 2020 On top of that, Michelle is from Illinois, and the state insect there is a monarch butterfly.
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Blake Bakkila, Good Housekeeping, "Who Is the Butterfly on 'The Masked Singer'? We Definitely Figured It Out," 25 Sep. 2019
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