The annual migration of the monarch butterfly has captured the human imagination and curiosity for centuries. How do they know where to go? It is the same monarch that we see in our yards and neighborhoods that makes it all the way to Mexico? When do they know it’s time to return in the spring? In short: how do they do that?
But their migration is only part of their story. Moncarchs and Milkweed: A Story of Survival takes you on a journey into the world of butterflies and plants, and introduces the complex relationship between monarchs and milkweed. The exhibit explores how their very survival has been shaped over time by one another as it tracks through the seasons of a calendar year, reveling how both insect and plant grow and interact, culminating in a massive migration that crosses a continent.
This exhibit is compromised of informative graphics, greatly enlarged illustrations of monarch butterflies in all life stages along with their host and nectar plants.
