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Nature Notes: Monach butterflies are important pollinaters, but their numbers are declining

Almost everyone can identify a brightly colored orange and black butterfly as the monarch. Birds can also identify this color scheme as nature’s way of saying, “I am toxic and taste bad.” Monarch butterflies, as caterpillars, eat the leaves of various milkweed plants, storing up toxins from the leaves in their bodies. It is these […]