How to Use monarch butterfly in a Sentence

monarch butterfly

noun
  • The monarch butterfly — that, my friends, is where the answer lies.
    Gabriel Casanova, ExpressNews.com, 10 June 2020
  • The ’90s were a great time to be a second-grader — and a monarch butterfly — in the Golden State.
    Ryan Fonsecastaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 2 Feb. 2023
  • Who thought a movie about the color of monarch butterfly wings could be so poignant?
    David Oliver, USA TODAY, 4 Feb. 2021
  • On top of that, Michelle is from Illinois, and the state insect there is a monarch butterfly.
    Blake Bakkila, Good Housekeeping, 25 Sep. 2019
  • The beloved black and orange wings of the monarch butterfly are more than just beautiful.
    Elizabeth Pennisi, Science | AAAS, 2 Oct. 2019
  • With such mounting challenges, the very survival of the monarch butterflies is at stake.
    Krista Stevens, Longreads, 10 May 2023
  • Themes of the skulls include, disco, marigolds and monarch butterflies.
    Vincent T. Davis, ExpressNews.com, 19 Oct. 2019
  • The first story featured on the six stands installed along the walking path details the life cycle of the monarch butterfly.
    Mary Divine, Twin Cities, 8 Oct. 2019
  • The monarch butterfly is an emblem of summer, but few might realize its ties to the Hoosier state.
    Sarah Bowman, The Indianapolis Star, 16 June 2021
  • But the monarch butterfly has a special place in the hearts of people in three North American nations.
    Gabriel Popkin, Scientific American, 1 Mar. 2020
  • The Western monarch butterfly is back, to the relief of scientists.
    Chelsey Cox, USA TODAY, 26 Dec. 2021
  • The refuge also is home to mule deer, porcupines, coyotes, monarch butterflies and more than 600 species of plants.
    John Meyer, The Know, 27 Sep. 2019
  • It's named for the monarch butterflies that once inhabited the native grasses along the beach.
    House Beautiful, 30 May 2023
  • The monarch butterfly is beautiful and can taste nectar through its feet.
    Oliver Milman, Wired, 7 Mar. 2022
  • Janet Ekholm’s frame-worthy monarch butterfly and milkweed artwork on the label as a bonus.
    Michael Alberty | For The Oregonian/oregonlive, oregonlive, 4 May 2022
  • The iconic monarch butterfly, which has been in steep decline across North America, is also a denizen of these rights-of-way.
    David L. Wagner, The Conversation, 3 Oct. 2019
  • Those wanting to learn more about the monarch butterfly and help stop its decline in the ecosystem can visit faithinplace.org or waukeganparks.org, where there’s a link to a statewide Illinois Monarch Project pledge.
    Yadira Sanchez Olson, chicagotribune.com, 23 Apr. 2021
  • Zitacuaro is one of the closest towns to the monarch butterfly wintering grounds in the mountains west of Mexico City.
    Fox News, 16 Mar. 2022
  • Keeping the monarch butterfly off the endangered species list may be key to its recovery.
    Tate Watkins, National Review, 19 Dec. 2020
  • Family Photo Her favorite unit to teach was the one on monarch butterflies.
    CBS News, 14 May 2023
  • The second monarch butterfly the women were able to capture Wednesday held tightly onto the net, not wanting to let go.
    Adriana Pérez, Chicago Tribune, 20 Sep. 2022
  • The refuge is the winter home of endangered whopping cranes and an important stopover for monarch butterflies.
    Annie Gowen, Washington Post, 30 Aug. 2023
  • The effort is meant to increase monarch butterfly habitat.
    cleveland, 1 Oct. 2019
  • As the only host plant for monarch caterpillars, no milkweed means no monarch butterflies.
    Susan Brownstein, cleveland, 1 Aug. 2023
  • One late summer day, a monarch butterfly crawled from its chrysalis in a suburban Maryland garden, stretched open two orange wings to dry in the sun and took flight.
    Washington Post, 4 Apr. 2022
  • In fact, there’s a distinct population of monarch butterflies that live on the west coast of North America, and which have their own travel plans.
    Jason Bittel, Travel, 22 Jan. 2024
  • For the monarch butterfly is as multivalent a metaphor as Gandis could conjure up.
    Manuel Betancourt, Variety, 19 Oct. 2021
  • Yet even after one of the nation’s worst winter storms in February and a global pandemic for the past year, the monarch butterfly marches on.
    René A. Guzman, San Antonio Express-News, 28 Mar. 2021
  • The idea was to bring nature's forms into the prints: from monarch butterflies to punchy florals, and from leopard prints to tropical bird prints, giving the wearer the option to mix and match the styles and patterns.
    People Staff, Peoplemag, 14 Aug. 2023
  • The park is also a popular spot for monarch butterflies and migratory birds, where more than 390 species have been recorded in the Point Pelee Birding Area.
    Micah Walker, Detroit Free Press, 3 Jan. 2020

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