Time to get at your milkweed seeds!
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October 14, 2020
Autumn is here and for some people, that means beautiful days in orchards picking apples, or in the fields harvesting pumpkins. But were you aware...Read more
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Are there fewer monarch butterflies this year?
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August 19, 2020
Every year, we’re asked how the monarch butterfly population is doing. Is the monarch population smaller this year, or have the monarchs simply been...Read more
Monarchs and milkweed, a complex relationship
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July 1, 2020
The monarch butterfly depends on milkweed to survive, the plant being the caterpillars’ only food source. It’s a system that seems simple ‒ but that’...Read more
Are western monarch butterfly populationy endangered?
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February 26, 2020
When we talk about the monarch butterfly, we’re generally referring to the “eastern population,” which stretches, in Canada, from the eastern Rockies...Read more
Insects in winter
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December 11, 2019
Written on January 17, 2014 Winter’s coming on fast. The trees are losing their leaves, the temperatures are dropping, and then there’s the daily...Read more
When monarchs roost
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October 9, 2019
It’s autumn, and monarchs are gradually heading south. During their migration they make stops, sometimes in large numbers. Let’s take a look at the...Read more
One, two, three: ¡Fiesta!
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August 21, 2019
On August 24 and 25, the Insectarium team invites the entire family to an exceptionnal event. Get out the drums and the trumpets, coz it’s party time...Read more
Let’s leave the monarchs in their habitat
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August 19, 2019
Monarchs are sometimes collected in their natural habitat so that they can be reared in captivity. A number of breeders want to help the endangered...Read more
Make it count!
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July 3, 2019
In the information and mobile-technology age, it’s easier than ever to immortalize the spectacles that nature presents. Were you aware that when you...Read more
What’s the monarch’s favorite milkweed?
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February 27, 2019
In North America there are over 90 species of milkweed, four of which are native to Québec. Are monarch butterfly females more attracted by certain...Read more
