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Monarch butterfly

Danaus plexippus

Oor die naam: The name 'monarch' was suggested in 1874 by entomologist Samuel Hubbard Scudder, who pointed to its large size and the idea that it 'rules a vast domain'.1

OnskadelikOnskadelik vir mense. Niks om oor bekommerd te wees nie.

Ander diere wat giftig is om aan te raak of te eet

Giftig om te eetEet: PlanteGiftig om aan te raak of te eet, nie deur 'n byt of steek nie

Gevaar vir mense: LigSoos 'n bysteek of minder. Basies onskadelik vir mense.

The monarch is one of the best-known butterflies in North America, with a black, orange and white pattern that is easy to spot. Its wings are poisonous if eaten, so it is a warning to predators. Some monarchs make a huge southward journey each autumn, covering thousands of miles.1

Giftig deur 'n byt of steek, of giftig om aan te raak of te eet? Sommige diere spuit gif in met 'n byt of 'n steek. Ander is skadelik om aan te raak of te eet. Hierdie een is giftig om aan te raak of te eet.

Leef in

Most of North America, with populations further south in the Americas, and in parts of Europe, Oceania and Southeast Asia.1

Noord-Amerika, Suid-Amerika

Tuis

Monarchs are found across a wide range of places, and their caterpillars depend on milkweed plants. Eggs are laid on milkweed, and caterpillars often wander up to 10 metres from their plant to find a place to pupate.1

Lengte

8,9 cm tot 10 cm (3,5 in tot 4 in)1

Topspoed

omtrent 9 km/h (5,6 mph)

Vlieënd, rowwe skatting

Wat eet dit?

Caterpillars feed on milkweed leaves, cutting the leaf edges as they grow.1

Foto van Monarch butterfly — Monarch butterfly. Foto: Christine Young. CC BY 4.0, iNaturalist.

Hoe om dit te herken

Black, orange and white wing pattern that is easy to recognise.1
Wingspan of 8.9 to 10.2 cm.1
Caterpillars are pale green or grey-white when very young, with a large black head.1
Older caterpillars have white, yellow and black bands, plus black tentacles.1

Word dikwels verwar met: The viceroy butterfly is similar in colour and pattern but is much smaller. It also has an extra black stripe across each hindwing.1

Gifkrag

Giftig om te eet

Dit is net skadelik as iets dit eet.

Hoe gevaarlik is dit vir mense?

Gevaar vir mense: LigSoos 'n bysteek of minder. Basies onskadelik vir mense.

Wat doen dit as dit bang is?

Its bright black, orange and white pattern serves as a warning coloration to predators, and the viceroy butterfly copies it.1

As iemand daaraan geraak of dit geëet het

As iemand dit geëet het of simptome kry nadat hy dit geëet het: bel dadelik jou noodnommer of 'n gifsentrum.

Bel altyd eers jou noodnommer (112, 000, 911). Dit is algemene noodhulpraad, nie mediese advies nie. Noodhulp-basiese beginsels

Bly veilig

Moet nooit aan 'n wilde dier raak, dit vang of terg nie, selfs nie 'n kleintjie nie, en selfs nie as dit lyk of dit slaap of dood is nie.
Gee dit spasie. As jy een raakloop, bly kalm, stap stadig terug en laat dit sy eie pad gaan.
As jy daaraan geraak of dit geëet het: moenie jou oë of mond vryf nie, was jou hande en kry mediese hulp.

Dit is nie uit om jou te kry nie. Sy gif is net daar sodat niks dit eet nie. Meer oor veilig bly

Waar in die wêreld?

Afrika Asië Europa Noord-Amerika Suid-Amerika Australië & Oseanië

Hoe groot is dit?

Hoe lank is dit?

so lank soos 3 speelgoed-boublokke in 'n rykan in 42 sekondes oor 'n hele sokkerveld vlieg

Hoe groot is Monarch butterfly in vergelyking met JOU?

Net wiskunde in jou blaaier. Niks word gestoor of enige plek heen gestuur nie.

Hoe vinnig is dit?

'n Huisvlieg omtrent 7 km/h (4,4 mph)

Monarch butterfly omtrent 9 km/h (5,6 mph)

'n Mens wat nael omtrent 37 km/h (23 mph)

die moeite werd om te weet

Feite

Eastern North American monarchs migrate south each autumn to Florida and Mexico, covering thousands of miles, and return north in spring over several generations.1

A female monarch can lay eggs weighing up to her own body mass in total, even though each egg is only about 1/1000 of her mass.1

Fewer than 10% of monarch eggs and caterpillars commonly survive to adulthood, because of weather, predators, parasites and disease.1

Monarchs can develop from egg to adult in as little as 25 days in warm summer weather, but may take as long as seven weeks in cool spring conditions.1

A monarch caterpillar can travel up to 10 metres from its milkweed plant to find a safe place to pupate.1

The monarch was the first butterfly to have its genome sequenced, a draft of 273 million base pairs containing 16,866 protein-coding genes.1

Mite-breker

Mite: Monarch butterflies are genetically modified organisms.

Waarheid: A 2015 study found genes from wasp bracoviruses in the North American monarch's genome. This led to articles calling monarchs genetically modified, but they are not genetically modified in the usual sense.1

Vir gifkenners

Wetenskaplike naam: Danaus plexippus
Groep: Ander diere wat giftig is om aan te raak of te eet
Familie: Nymphalidae2
Orde: Lepidoptera
Kontinente: Noord-Amerika, Suid-Amerika
Babas: Females lay eggs singly, usually on the underside of young milkweed leaves, with 300 to 500 eggs over two to five weeks, and up to 1,180 eggs in total.1
Gevaar vir mense: 1 / 5: Lig3

Waar die feite vandaan kom

Monarch butterfly (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
Danaus plexippus (iNaturalist): name en klassifikasie.
Venom Wiki: die gevaarvlak, die tipiese grootte en die spoedskatting is ons eie. Kyk hoe ons dit uitwerk: Hoe ons gevaar gradeer.

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