Monarch Watch. (Studying, Breeding, Watching and Eating Bugs on the Net).www.monarchwatch.org/ ***** (out of five *'s) Each winter the celebrated Monarch butterfly monarch butterfly Species (Danaus plexippus, family Danaidae) of milkweed butterfly, occurring worldwide but mainly in the Americas. It is the only lepidopteran species to make a true migration (a two-way flight by the same individual). makes its way from Canada and the United States The United States and Canada share a unique legal relationship. U.S. law looks northward with a mixture of optimism and cooperation, viewing Canada as an integral part of U.S. economic and environmental policy. to Central Mexico. The Monarch Watch website tracks the migrations and provides a select menu of readings and multimedia galleries. The site provides a collaborative network of students, teachers, volunteers and researchers dedicated to the study of the Monarch butterfly. Highlights include Butterfly Gardening For video game, see . Butterfly gardening is a growing school of gardening, specifically wildlife gardening, that is aimed at creating an environment that attracts butterflies, as well as certain moths, such as those in the hemaris genus. (www.monarchwatch.org/garden/index.htm) and Migration and Tagging (www.monarchwatch.org/tagmig/index.htm). Chip Taylor and the staff at the Entomology entomology, study of insects, an arthropod class that comprises about 900,000 known species, representing about three fourths of all the classified animal species. Program at the University of Kansas The University of Kansas (often referred to as KU or just Kansas) is an institution of higher learning in Lawrence, Kansas. The main campus resides atop Mount Oread. direct the project. Their website is a model of how universities can generously provide up-to-date environmental research and engage an interested public. Highly recommended! Email contact: monarch@ukans.edu Ron Mader is the author of the guidebook Mexico: Adventures in Nature and host of the popular website Planeta.com, which features an insect guide at planeta.com/ecotravel/resources/insects.html. |
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