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February 10 – Monarch of the Air
Today’s Factismal: Every year, Monarch butterflies migrate from Mexico to the Great Lakes and back again; the journey takes four generations to complete! Perhaps the best known of the 24,000 species of...
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April 23 – Imago that!
Today’s Factismal: An adult butterfly is called an imago. Butterflies are weird little critters. They have taste buds in their feet, which they use to decide if the leaves they land on would make a...
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June 29 – Fly Away Home
Today’s factismal: Butterflies have been used as ecosystem health monitors since 1975. Butterflies are fascinating critters. Their unique wingshape allows them to flit from plant to plant with a...
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August 23 – Your Majesty!
Today’s factismal: The fall migration of monarch butterflies is underway! It is no secret that monarch butterflies are amazing. Every year, monarchs fly from Mexico to the Great Lakes and back, taking...
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November 30 – King of the air
Today’s factimsal: Every year, Monarch butterflies migrate from Mexico to the Great Lakes and back again; the journey takes four generations to complete! Yes, today is a repeated factismal. And that’s...
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November 30 – King of the air
Today’s factimsal: Every year, Monarch butterflies migrate from Mexico to the Great Lakes and back again; the journey takes four generations to complete! Yes, today is a repeated factismal. And that’s...
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January 6 – Good News, Bad News, Butterfly News
Today’s factismal: The US Fish and Wildlife Service is considering putting the Monarch butterfly on the endangered species list. The Monarch butterfly is one of Nature’s marvels. It flies from where it...
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February 10 – Walking On Air
Today’s factismal: The US government has begun a $3.2 million program to help save the Monarch Butterfly! Today there is good news out of Washington, DC! The US Fish and Wildlife Service has begun a...
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February 16 – Blinding A Bat
Today’s factismal: Some moths have long tails that “jam” bat’s sonar. Ask any biologist and she will tell you that all of life is in an arms race. Things that eat are constantly developing new and...
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November 17 – The Big Sleep
Today’s factimsal: Every year, Monarch butterflies migrate from Mexico to the Great Lakes and back again; the journey takes four generations to complete! Yes, today is a repeated factismal. And that’s...
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May 5 – Spring Has Sprung
Today’s factismal: The annual Monarch migration is underway! Animal migrations are something of a commonplace miracle. Every year, huge numbers of some species moves from the place where it lives in...
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