Article Title
Document Type
Research
Keywords
Monarch Butterflies, Monarch Migration, Danaus plexippus
Abstract
Monarch butterflies, Danaus plexippus, yearly roost by the thousands in certain trees during their southward autumn migration. A study of a roosting tree in Manning, Iowa, suggests that monarchs originally chose the tree for the characteristics of its maple leaves and its physical location and proximity to nectar-producing flowers. It is thought that later generations of monarchs were drawn to the tree by a combination of a residual sex attractant odor and favorable wind conditions.
Publication Date
September 1974
Journal Title
Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science
Volume
81
Issue
3
First Page
100
Last Page
101
Copyright
© Copyright 1974 by the Iowa Academy of Science, Inc.
Language
EN
File Format
application/pdf
Recommended Citation
Swander, Mary
(1974)
"A Monarch Butterfly Roosting Tree in Iowa,"
Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science, 81(3), 100-101.
Available at:
https://scholarworks.uni.edu/pias/vol81/iss3/5