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Beauty of Butterflies (OPTIONAL REPORT)

by Okoth Okoth | 10-05-2020 21:14 recommendations 0

Butterflies are not only source of beauty to our sorrounding but agents of cross pollination. These beautiful creatures help in the continuity of nature and therefore an important creature in the Kingdom Animalia. Many children songs have been sung about butterflies, i have never heard one sung about hyena, have you? That doesn't they are not useful in the food chain.

Even with all the praises, some butterflies species are in extinction. A research done by The National Geography in 2018 and published by Carrie Arnold shows a drop by 86%,  the number of West-coast monarchs spending the winter in California and a drop by 15% East monarchs spending winter in Mexico. The migration pattern has been attributed to increased toxicity in milkweed, the only food monarch catterpillars feed on.  

What causes toxicity in milkweed? One may ask. Climate changes including increased levels of carbondioxide in the atmosphere may be the main source of milkweed toxicty. Moreover high temperatures, an impact of global warming can be a hindrance to the monarch butterflies. 

For us to continue witnessing the beauty of butterflies, we should lead in environmental education and activism. Let us all rise to the occassion and promote the use of renewable energy, non-leaded fuels and deforestation. Together we can reduce the impacts of climate change on the environment.

Reference: https://www.google.com/amp/s/api.nationalgeographic.com/distribution/public/amp/animals/2018/12/monarch-butterflies-risk-extinction-climate-change
 
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6 Comments

  • Sang Su Mentor says :
    Hi Okoth Okoth, this is a mentor, Sang Su Lee.

    It's so sad to see that butter flies are becoming extinct because of human activities. As some people have stated, 'People are corona virus for the nature,' we really give hazardous effects on the environment.

    Thank you for your article.

    Green Cheers!
    Posted 21-05-2020 01:20

  • Bal krishna Pandey says :
    Hello Okoth Okoth ,
    I hope you are doing well.
    thanks for this amazing content about Beauty of Butterflies.
    I hope to learn more from you
    keep inspiring fellow ambassadors
    green cheers
    staysafe
    Posted 13-05-2020 17:29

Kushal Naharki

  • Kushal Naharki says :
    Hello Okoth,

    I do hope that you are fine and doing great with your works.
    Thank you for your report about Beauty of Butterflies

    Green Cheers from Nepal :)
    Keep writing great reports.
    We are eager to read more reports from you.

    Regards,
    Kushal Naharki

    Posted 12-05-2020 12:41

Sonika Pariyar

  • Sonika Pariyar says :
    Hello Okoth!

    I hope you are doing great!

    Butterflies are one of the beautiful creature of nature having role on pollination and ecological balance.Endangered butterflies should be protected.

    Thanks for sharing!

    GREEN CHEERS!

    Regards,
    Sonika
    Posted 11-05-2020 22:15

  • Taehyun Mentor says :
    Hello Okoth, this is mentor Taehyun!

    Thank you for the article about the butterfly! I think the butterfly pattern in the picture is really beautiful! I'm so sad that these wonderful butterflies are endangered. We need to be interested in and protect these wonderful creatures that disappear due to the reckless development of humans!

    Thank you for the report!

    Green cheers!
    Posted 11-05-2020 21:48

  • ALOK DHAKAL says :
    It's great to know about this.
    Keep on writing!
    Posted 11-05-2020 15:19

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