Male: spot on inside surface of hindwings Female: slightly wider wing veins

@singingzoo

4 жыл бұрын

Yes!

So excited a female monarch butterfly just landed on my arm while going with Sid to an art fare!! exhausted but so excited about this happening. Has made me sooo happy!!

Love this video

Great detailed information.

This helped me out so much. Althou, i always called my 2 day old Monarch butterfly🦋 a girl now~ *giggles.* Now, i knu it's official!

Easily subscribed!

Perfect THANK YOU

Hi, Science Up! My monarch caterpillar chrysalized then immediately turned black. Should I expect the worst and if yes, what happened? Thanks!

I have 2 different butterflies I don't think they r the same type and I don't know if they r male or female I saved them

Fantastic! Thank you sir.

@singingzoo

2 жыл бұрын

Glad I could help!

@DearProfessorRF

2 жыл бұрын

@@singingzoo Today, we in my family, witnessed the birth of our 3rd and 4th Monarch butterfly in our back porch. Now we know the were all girls. Yes, you helped us appreciate more from this experience.

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Thank you so much for this great video. Is there a way to determine gender when the butterfly is still in the chrysalis?

@singingzoo

2 жыл бұрын

There is a way. Check out this link www.monarchwatch.org/biology/sexing.htm

That was so simple

What about Painted Lady Butterflies? I'm having a hard time being able to tell the male apart from the female.

I love your vids

@singingzoo

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much!!

How to tell if a moth is a boy or girl? Please make a video of this please

Thanks for the info. I've got a question for you. I found a monarch in the road he seems unable or unwilling to fly the temperature is just under 55 degrees F. I put him in a shoe box on top of an old T-shirt I have. I put a bit of banana near him and a tiny cup with sugar water. But he is just sitting there with wings closed. He is outside underneath my eaves. Will he be okay ?? What else should I do. Thanks for any help you can give me.

@singingzoo

6 ай бұрын

First, thanks for your kind heart and concern. I think you've done a good job getting it warmed and offering it food. I know my my monarchs took watermelon and I just read that cantaloupes and grapes (cut open of course) will work too. If it warms up, you can put it out and see if it'll fly away but my guess is that it's at the end of its life. They normally don't live more than about 2 weeks as adults. Where are you?

@earthnatureanimalslove

6 ай бұрын

Thanks for getting back to me. I love in southwest Florida.

@singingzoo

6 ай бұрын

@@earthnatureanimalslove I figured Florida or California, because monarchs are not in many other places right now; at least in the US. It's likely a monarch that is overwintering in Florida, so keep it safe as long as you can! It made it there and you might just help it make it through the winter! Let me know if it's eating anything!

I’m raising monarch butterflies now and I’m noticing I am having 10 to one male to female ratio. Is this normal or just coincidental? Thank you Vinny from Long Island New York

@singingzoo

2 жыл бұрын

That is interesting! Gender is determined genetically in butterflies as it is with us. It's the female's chromosomes that do it though. I suppose that means it is random chance that you have such a skewed ratio but it is uncanny.

Can you tell if it's a boy or girl if it is hatching in a different way? Like does a boy hatch one way or a different way as a girl?

@singingzoo

4 жыл бұрын

No, they both come out the same way as far as I know.

Is it ok to do a light spray of water on chrysalis .

@singingzoo

Ай бұрын

I can't imagine that'd hurt as long as it's plain old water. Why are you thinking of doing that?

@MyraHorwath

Ай бұрын

@@singingzoo well some one said it helps to make it a little easier to emerge guess it's like putting moisture cream on your skin but it has been so hot and I just very lightly gave a light mist and 4 enclosed the next morning at close to being 8 days as a chrysalis.

@singingzoo

Ай бұрын

That is very interesting! I had never heard that.

How long do they live for

@singingzoo

9 ай бұрын

Normally, it's about 5-6 weeks total, from caterpillar to butterfly. The ones who migrate to Mexico can live over 7 months!

Do the male and female monarchs have to meet to produce a baby monarchs?

@singingzoo

6 жыл бұрын

Yes, a set of genes/DNA from the male and a set from the female combine. After the egg has been fertilized in this way, the development of the new caterpillar begins.

My butterfly doesnt want me to so the thing

How can I raise monarchs over and over every year

@singingzoo

Жыл бұрын

The best thing you can do, other than ordering caterpillars from the University of Kansas, is just to make sure you have milkweed out, especially when monarchs are peaking in your area. For Texas, that's March and October but it could be different for you if you live elsewhere.

Mine just turned into a chrysalis so this helps a lot to tell the gender

@singingzoo

4 жыл бұрын

That's awesome! So much fun to watch them grow, right? Glad I could help!

@selenanoell821

4 жыл бұрын

@@singingzoo yah thanks😁

@arosen_2013

4 жыл бұрын

Cool

Make more plz

@singingzoo

6 жыл бұрын

Workin' on it right now ;-)

How do they mate? 1:39

@singingzoo

Жыл бұрын

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Specifically to monarch or can these similar traits be observed within other species? Intrigued but, personally dislike moths. 😅😂

@singingzoo

4 жыл бұрын

This is just for monarchs, although the spots on the hind wings are seen in many butterfly and moth males, as they often produce pheromones to attract females.

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Do males try to mate with males? I have witnessed twice a male trying to mate with another male. I filmed it this time. Its on Face Book.

@singingzoo

3 жыл бұрын

I've never heard of that but believe your eyes! You may have seen something new.

woe ihave a caterpilar

@singingzoo

8 ай бұрын

Awesome! Let us know how it does.

My teacher is raising caterpillars.

The queen monarch , is that the female version or is that another butterfly all together. Also are all queen caterpillars females??

@JLucasMiller

4 жыл бұрын

The queen is a different species of butterfly. There are both male and female queen caterpillars. I guess the males don't worry about being "queens" ;-)

hi im the gurl from the cac

@JLucasMiller

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for coming by my channel!! I hope you enjoyed it!