All Saints Prayer Garden & Pollinator Park

October 17, 2021

Watch this brief video of the spectacular Monarch butterflies in All Saints Pollination Park.

While monarch migration is a well-known phenomenon, it’s not the norm when it comes to butterflies.
In fact, the vast majority of butterflies and moths overwinter in the landscape as an egg, caterpillar, chrysalis, or adult. In all but the warmest climates, these butterflies use leaf litter for winter cover. Great spangled fritillary and wooly bear caterpillars tuck themselves into a pile of leaves for protection from cold weather and predators. Red-banded hairstreaks lay their eggs on fallen oak leaves, which become the first food of the caterpillars when they emerge. Luna moths and swallowtail butterflies disguise their cocoons and chrysalises as dried leaves, blending in with the “real” leaves. There are many such examples.

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