{"id":23955,"date":"2020-11-02T12:58:14","date_gmt":"2020-11-02T17:58:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/endangered.org\/?page_id=23955"},"modified":"2020-11-02T13:01:56","modified_gmt":"2020-11-02T18:01:56","slug":"monarch-butterflies","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.endangered.org\/monarch-butterflies\/","title":{"rendered":"Monarch Butterflies"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"23955\" class=\"elementor elementor-23955\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-c2b7864 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c2b7864\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f9917d3\" data-id=\"f9917d3\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1cad5bd elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"1cad5bd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"771\" height=\"514\" src=\"https:\/\/www.endangered.org\/assets\/uploads\/2020\/11\/RS2510_iStock-1013167884-scr-771x514.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-23957\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.endangered.org\/assets\/uploads\/2020\/11\/RS2510_iStock-1013167884-scr-771x514.jpg 771w, https:\/\/www.endangered.org\/assets\/uploads\/2020\/11\/RS2510_iStock-1013167884-scr-336x224.jpg 336w, https:\/\/www.endangered.org\/assets\/uploads\/2020\/11\/RS2510_iStock-1013167884-scr-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.endangered.org\/assets\/uploads\/2020\/11\/RS2510_iStock-1013167884-scr.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 771px) 100vw, 771px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e3b511a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e3b511a\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-25c3e16\" data-id=\"25c3e16\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9eab434 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9eab434\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"c5\"><span class=\"c1\">About<\/span><\/h3><p class=\"c5\"><span class=\"c1\">The monarch butterfly is North America\u2019s sweetheart. They are admired from Canada to Mexico; from the Atlantic to the Pacific. Their wide range of admirers is due to the astounding migrations they make every year. Monarchs in the eastern US tend to migrate all the way south to Mexico, some traveling as many as 3,000 miles. And western monarchs typically migrate west to overwinter in California. <\/span><\/p><p class=\"c5\"><span class=\"c1\">They\u2019re orange wings and black stripes are a beautiful sight for humans and a warning sign for their predators. Milkweed, the monarch\u2019s main food source, is toxic. Monarchs are able to safely eat the milkweed, but it makes them poisonous to their predators. When a hungry bird sees their bright-colored wings, it\u2019s a warning sign to find another meal, or else!<\/span><\/p><p class=\"c4\">Monarch butterflies are vitally important as pollinators and to the biodiversity of ecosystems. In addition to their ecological value, their cultural importance is equally as significant. Historical records show that the monarch butterfly played a huge role in the cultures of ancient civilizations, such as the Toltec, Mayan, Teotihuacan, and Aztec. And to this day, indigenous cultures, like the <span class=\"c0\"><a class=\"c10\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.endangered.org\/latinx-heritage-month-monarchs-and-the-mazahua\/&amp;sa=D&amp;ust=1603483474401000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0sbn6Qs6EYvZ8t6x_el5RF\">Mazahua<\/a><\/span>\u00a0in Mexico<span class=\"c1\">, revere the butterfly. \u00a0<\/span><\/p><h3 id=\"h.miphrkzb82m\" class=\"c4 c6\"><span class=\"c2\">Monarchs are in Danger<\/span><\/h3><p class=\"c9\"><span class=\"c1\">Monarchs face numerous threats, from extreme weather due to climate change to the liberal use of pesticides, like Monsanto\u2019s RoundUp, to habitat loss and fragmentation. And without intervention, they are at risk of going extinct. Monarchs in the West have declined by 99% since the 1980s. Eastern monarchs have declined by over 80% in the same time period. <\/span><\/p><p class=\"c5\"><span class=\"c1\">The Center for Biological Diversity, an Endangered Species Coalition member group, petitioned to list the monarch under the Endangered Species Act in 2014. In the six years since that petition was filed, the US Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) has yet to make a decision, and their populations have continued to decline. However, due to a court order, FWS is required to make a listing decision by December 2020. The Endangered Species Coalition and many member groups are working hard to ensure the protection of this iconic species. <\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry-summary\">\nAbout The monarch butterfly is North America\u2019s sweetheart. 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Monarchs in the eastern&hellip;\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.endangered.org\/monarch-butterflies\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &ldquo;Monarch Butterflies&rdquo;<\/span>&hellip;<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23955","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","entry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Monarch Butterflies - Endangered Species Coalition<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.endangered.org\/monarch-butterflies\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Monarch Butterflies - Endangered Species Coalition\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"About The monarch butterfly is North America\u2019s sweetheart. 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