Metamorphosis from Canadian Instar to Mexican Home

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The transformation from egg laid in Canada, caterpillar, several instars, to butterfly, then off with beautiful wings to Mexico!

Guide to Monarch Instars | The Monarch Joint Venture

The Monarch Joint Venture is a partnership of federal and state agencies, non-governmental organizations, and academic programs that are working together to support and coordinate efforts to protect the monarch butterfly migration across the lower 48 United States.

monarchjointventure.org

 

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PhD's trying to figure out the biological clocks of butterflies. Come to find out they have two of them!