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Monarch
Butterfly Electric Kit |
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Monarch butterflies are the official and state
butterfly for several states including: Alabama,
Idaho, Illinois, Minnesota, Texas, Vermont and
West Virginia. The life span of adult Monarch
varies, depending on the season in which it emerged
from the pupa and whether or not it belongs to
a migratory group of Monarchs. Adults that emerged
in early summer have the shortest life span and
live for only two to five weeks. Those that emerge
late in summer tend to survive through the winter
months. Migratory Monarchs that emerge from
pupa in late summer and migrate South can
live up to 8-9 months.
Our
Monarch butterfly electric kit has a much longer
life span than its natural cousins and can continuously
provide lifelike wing motion for
years. Monarch butterflies are often
called the "milkweed
butterfly" because its larvae are known to
eat the plant a great deal. In fact, milkweed is
the only source of food that Monarch larvae will
eat! If you'd like to attract Monarchs to your
garden, try planting milkweed since adult female
Monarchs will lay their eggs on the underside of
milkweed leaves. Once put in place these eggs will
hatch, depending on temperature, in 3 to 12
days.
Larvae will feed on milkweed plant leaves for about
two weeks thereafter develop into 2 inches long
caterpillars. Most predators will have learned
early on that the Monarch butterfly makes for a
poisonous snack to be avoided. The toxins produced
by milkweed diet of Monarch's give
the butterfly this an dietary-embedded defense
system. Neither in the caterpillar or butterfly
stage do Monarchs needs camouflage because the
color of their wings function as advertising for
milkweed toxins that predators inherently avoid.
This works so well that many other species of animals
have bright colors
just like the Monarch so that they won't be hunted!
Specifically, the Viceroy Butterfly
(Limenitis archippus) has evolved to look like
a poisonous Monarch to prevent preditation!
Live
Monarch butterflies have been mimicked electronically
so that they can be used to decorate homes and
offices with their constant fluttering mechanical
wings to entertain friends and guests alike. No
batteries are needed to produce this effect,
unless you want to use batteries in which case
you can purchase an additional accessory battery
pack that uses 3 AA batteries. |
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Monarch
(Danaus Plexippus) - Complete Kit
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Animated Video of the
Actual Fluttering and a Detailed Schematic:
Actual Product Package:
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Head
/ anterior |
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Hyperextension
stopper |
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Pivot
for front and rear body sections |
| 4. |
Hole
for wire legs (or safety-pin) |
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Flat
base of bug body |
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Tail
end / posterior |
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Rear
notch wing placeholder |
| 7b. |
Front
notch wing placeholder |
| 8. |
Nickel-titanium
alloy wire "muscle" |
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Monarch
Butterfly (Danaus Plexippus) |
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Call
Toll Free:
1-888-244-4059
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