(Imported from text file) |
(Imported from text file) |
||
| (One intermediate revision by one other user not shown) | |||
| Line 22: | Line 22: | ||
A butterfly at rest. <br /> | A butterfly at rest. <br /> | ||
[ | [[File:Monarch butterfly Danaus plexippus. female 2 .JPG|frameless|upright 2.25]] | ||
Danaus plexippus female (male photo below)[ | Danaus plexippus female (male photo below)[[File:Female Danaus plexippus Monarch Butterfly-001.JPG|frameless|upright 2.25]] | ||
Danaus plexippus male. Notice the pheromone releasing spot on each hind wing.<br /> | Danaus plexippus male. Notice the pheromone releasing spot on each hind wing.<br /> | ||
[ | [[File:1-male Monarch butterfly Danaus plexippus .JPG|frameless|upright 2.25]]<br /> | ||
Danaus plexippus (female)[ | Danaus plexippus (female)[[File:Monarch butterfly Danaus plexippus-3.JPG|frameless|upright 2.25]] | ||
Danaus plexippus (female)<br /> | Danaus plexippus (female)<br /> | ||
[ | [[File:Monarch butterfly Danaus plexippus-6.JPG|frameless|upright 2.25]] | ||
Sunlight shining through Danaus plexippus partly translucent wings.<br /> | Sunlight shining through Danaus plexippus partly translucent wings.<br /> | ||
[ | [[File:Danaus plexippus Monarch butterfly.JPG|frameless|upright 2.25]] | ||
A male butterfly of a swan plant the favourite food of the caterpillar.<br /> | A male butterfly of a swan plant the favourite food of the caterpillar.<br /> | ||
[ | [[File:Danaus plexippus Monarch Butterfly.JPG|frameless|upright 2.25]] | ||
Danaus plexippus head ( female)<br /> | Danaus plexippus head ( female)<br /> | ||
[ | [[File:Female Monarch butterfly Head Danaus plexippus.jpg|frameless|upright 2.25]] <br /> | ||
Butterflies mating.<br /> | Butterflies mating.<br /> | ||
[[File:Monarchs mating.JPG|frameless|upright 2.25]] | |||
A monarch butterfly caterpillar[[File:Monarch Danaus plexippus-13.JPG|frameless|upright 2.25]] | |||
[[File:Monarch Butterfly Danaus plexippus-003.JPG|frameless|upright 2.25]] | |||
[ | [[File:1- Danaus plexippus Monarch caterpilla.JPG|frameless|upright 2.25]] | ||
[ | |||
The caterpillar has just attached itself to a branch in preparation for forming a chrysalis<br /> | The caterpillar has just attached itself to a branch in preparation for forming a chrysalis<br /> | ||
[ | [[File:Monarch Butterfly Danaus plexippus-005.JPG|frameless|upright 2.25]] <br /> | ||
[ | [[File:Monarch Butterfly Danaus plexippus-004.JPG|frameless|upright 2.25]] | ||
Next stage, forming a chrysalis.<br /> | Next stage, forming a chrysalis.<br /> | ||
[ | [[File:Danaus plexippus Monarch Butterfly-003.JPG|frameless|upright 2.25]] | ||
[ | [[File:Danaus plexippus Monarch Butterfly-004.JPG|frameless|upright 2.25]] | ||
The monarch butterfly chrysalis<br /> | The monarch butterfly chrysalis<br /> | ||
[ | [[File:Monarch Butterfly Danaus plexippus-006.JPG|frameless|upright 2.25]] <br /> | ||
The monarch butterfly chrysalis with the developing butterfly's wing patterns just visible.<br /> | The monarch butterfly chrysalis with the developing butterfly's wing patterns just visible.<br /> | ||
[ | [[File:Monarch Butterfly Danaus plexippus-007.JPG|frameless|upright 2.25]] | ||
A video: How A Caterpillar Becomes A Butterfly | A video: How A Caterpillar Becomes A Butterfly | ||
| Line 70: | Line 70: | ||
<br /> | <br /> | ||
Thanks to Wikipedia for text and information http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ | Thanks to Wikipedia for text and information http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ | ||
Latest revision as of 15:12, 24 September 2019
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Papilionoidea
Family: Nymphalidae
Subfamily: Danainae
Tribe: Danaini
Genus: Danaus
Species: D. plexippus
Scientific name: Danaus plexippus
Common name: Monarch Butterfly
The monarch arrived in New Zealand about 120 years` ago crossing the Pacific from North America. It is New Zealand's largest resident butterfly.
Its caterpillar's food is the Swan plant (Asclepias physocarpa). Their live cycle is two weeks as a caterpillar, two weeks as a chrysalis and about two months as a butterfly.
Female Monarchs have darker veins on their wings, and the males have a spot in the centre of each hindwing from which pheromones are released. Males are also slightly larger.
For information on pheromones visit http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pheromones
A butterfly at rest.
Danaus plexippus female (male photo below)
Danaus plexippus male. Notice the pheromone releasing spot on each hind wing.
Danaus plexippus (female)
Danaus plexippus (female)
Sunlight shining through Danaus plexippus partly translucent wings.
A male butterfly of a swan plant the favourite food of the caterpillar.
Danaus plexippus head ( female)
Butterflies mating.
A monarch butterfly caterpillar
The caterpillar has just attached itself to a branch in preparation for forming a chrysalis
Next stage, forming a chrysalis.
The monarch butterfly chrysalis
The monarch butterfly chrysalis with the developing butterfly's wing patterns just visible.
A video: How A Caterpillar Becomes A Butterfly
Thanks to Wikipedia for text and information http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
