Female butterflies breed despite male shortage. ScienceDaily. Retrieved June 2, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2023 / 04 / 230417142513.htm. University of Exeter.

Female monarch butterflies have no trouble finding a mate – even when a parasite kills most of the males, new research shows. Some females carry a parasite called Spiroplasma that kills all ...

To breed or not to breed? Migratory female butterflies face a monsoonal dilemma. ScienceDaily. Retrieved June 2, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2017 / 10 / 171003111035.htm.

The eastern population of North American monarch butterflies (Danaus plexippus) migrates annually in early autumn to a mountainous region in central Mexico.The incredibly long distances covered ...

In butterflies and moths, ... The male proportion dropped below 10 per cent in some cases, but it appears the remaining hard-working males managed to breed with most of the available females.

This picture of two rare butterflies getting amorous with one another has given fresh hope for the future of species that was once extinct in Britain. Conservationists who are trying to re ...

LOS ANGELES Summer begins with the appearance of the butterflies. The weather warms and suddenly there they are, swirling past on their way to court, mate and frolic. For the most enraptured ...

Pinpointing exactly where painted lady butterflies (Vanessa cardui) overwinter and breed was the last unknown piece of their roughly 15,000-kilometer migration, says Gerard Talavera, an ...

South African butterfly expert Mark Williams shows one of his finds. In the case of butterflies that are nearly extinct, the act of killing the insect may surprise outsiders, but lepidopterists ...

Monarch butterflies are making their flight north after wintering in Mexico. Here's what to know about one of Earth's fascinating flyers in Michigan.

Monarch butterflies breed in Indiana, making it key to their survival. But in the last decade, their numbers have dipped dangerously low. At least 30 people shot in Indy over holiday weekend. 5 ...