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  2. October is Monarch Butterflies Month in NJ thanks to local ...

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    Gillen submitted her request to the state in early 2024 and it was signed by Murphy on Sept. 13, proclaiming October of 2024 as Monarch Butterflies Month in New Jersey.

  3. How to Attract Butterflies to Your Garden: 6 Essential ... - AOL

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    This allows you to experiment with different flower combinations each year to see what attracts the most butterflies and looks the best in your yard. Related: The 17 Best Outdoor Planters of 2024 3.

  4. Monarch butterfly - Wikipedia

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    The practice of butterfly gardening and creating "monarch waystations" is commonly thought to increase the populations of butterflies. [222] Efforts to restore falling monarch populations by establishing butterfly gardens and monarch waystations require particular attention to the butterfly's food preferences and population cycles, as well to ...

  5. Lepidoptera migration - Wikipedia

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    The best-known lepidopteran migration is that of the eastern population of the monarch butterfly which migrates from southern Canada to wintering sites in central Mexico. In late winter/early spring, the adult monarchs leave the Transvolcanic mountain range in Mexico for a more northern climate.

  6. Monarch butterfly migration - Wikipedia

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    The butterflies arrive at their roosting sites in November. They remain in roosts atop volcanic mountains on oyamel fir trees (Abies religiosa) during the winter months and then begin their northern migration in March, back to North America and southern Canada. Two to three generations of monarchs complete the migration north.

  7. Monarch butterflies appear to be everywhere these days. Is ...

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    Monarch butterflies cling together for warmth and protection on the branches of a eucalyptus tree near Trancas Canyon Road in Malibu in January 2022. (Mel Melcon/Los Angeles Times)

  8. These groups are working to save bees and butterflies on the ...

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    ”There are 30% fewer butterflies flying around in your yard, on the farm, in natural areas than there were 20 years ago,” says Scott Black, Xerces Society’s executive director.

  9. Nymphalidae - Wikipedia

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    They are also called brush-footed butterflies or four-footed butterflies, because they are known to stand on only four legs while the other two are curled up; in some species, these forelegs have a brush-like set of hairs, which gives this family its other common name.