about 30 days

The monarch is the only butterfly known to make a two-way migration as birds do. Using environmental cues, the monarchs know when it is time to travel south for the winter. Monarchs use a combination of air currents and thermals to travel long distances. Some fly as far as 3,000 miles to reach their winter home!

The monarch butterflies will spend their winter hibernation in Mexico and some parts of Southern California where it is warm all year long. If the monarch lives in the Eastern states, usually east of the Rocky Mountains, it will migrate to Mexico and hibernate in oyamel fir trees.

Do butterflies migrate? Yes. Many butterflies that spend the summer in temperate North America cannot survive northern winters. Each year, as the weather becomes warmer, butterflies from Mexico and the southern United States fly north to repopulate these regions.

(At temperatures between 33 and 60 degrees Fahrenheit, or 0 and 15 Celsius, all butterflies will eventually go into a dormant state, though Monarchs are the only North American species that can hibernate through the whole winter.By positioning their wings in direct sunlight, pumping their wings, and shivering.

If you are seeing a dead monarch butterfly and wonder what the spiritual significance is, it means that you are about to start a new leg of your journey, which means stepping to a new vibration and growing from there. It is very rare to have a monarch butterfly land on you, and a sign to pay attention to if it happens.

mourning cloak

Generally, butterflies won’t fly when temperatures are less than 55 or 60 degrees.

Q. Do the butterflies die after they lay their eggs? They die when they get “old,” just like people do. In many cases, females still have eggs in their bodies when they die, so they don’t always get a chance to lay all of their eggs.

The process from egg to butterfly is weather dependent and also depends on the regional climate. It can take about four weeks in the peak of the summer in warmer climates. The egg takes 5-10 days, the larva/caterpillar and pupa/chrysalis each take about 10-14 days.

meconium

About half an hour after a monarch ecloses, it will expel a reddish fluid (through its anal opening) called meconium. This is metabolic waste built up while inside the chrysalis and is completely normal. Although meconium release is a normal part of monarch metamorphosis, these other occurrences are not…

Pumping blood is a slow process: it takes about eight minutes for an insect’s blood to circulate completely. Like human blood, bug blood carries nutrients and hormones to the insect’s cells. The greenish or yellowish color of insect blood comes from the pigments of the plants the bug eats.

According to entomologists, butterflies do not feel pain. Although butterflies know when they are touched, their nervous system does not have pain receptors that registers pain as we know it.

It’s a stomach flip that can only occur when you’re very attracted to and enticed by another person. It’s a nervousness that your partner makes you feel. The butterflies are due to a rush of dopamine that the brain releases on first falling in love. As science has shown, being in love is akin to being high on cocaine.

Nah. The butterfly feeling usually comes when two people feel infatuated by each other. But in a relationship, you both should feel loved by each other rather than by infatuation itself only. The butterfly feelings are supposed to be in the beginning and you are already past that stage.