Interesting information Dan. Here some positive news on monarchs in an article on NBC: https://www.nbcnews.com/science/science-news/monarch-butterfly-populations-may-stable-previously-thought-rcna33016
Henk Op za 11 jun. 2022 om 06:39 schreef Daniel J. Matyola <[email protected] >: > Each Monarch larva goes through five stages of growth, called instars, > between the time it hatches from the egg until it enters the pupal stage. > The larva molts at the end of each instar, so that it can grow into the > next stage. During this process, it eats only milkweed foliage, and grows > to almost 2,000 times its original mass. > > A late fifth instar Monarch will then crawl away from the milkweed plant it > was feeding on to find a secure location, where it forms a silk pad and > hangs upside down in a J shape, before shedding its skin one last time to > expose the bright green chrysalis. > > In this image, the larva on the right has attached its pad to the edge of a > clay flower pot, and has drawn itself up into the classic "J" shape. On > the left is one that has completed the final molt to expose its bejewelled > green chrysalis. > > > http://dan-matyola.squarespace.com/danmatyolas-pesos/2022/6/11/metamorphosis > > K-5 IIs, smc DA 35 mm F 2.8 Macro Limited > Comments, criticisms, questions, and suggestions are invited and > appreciated. > > Dan Matyola > > -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
