This monarch butterfly is laying its eggs on a poisonous weed called milkweed.
There are more than 200 varieties of them, and they all come in a variety of forms, but the only thing they have in common is that they are highly toxic. If accidentally touched it, it may cause swelling and pain in the skin. At this time, the eggs of the monarch butterfly have been laid on the leaves of the milkweeds, and these eggs are about one millimeter smaller. After 4 days, the monarch butterfly larvae hatch and eat the eggshells to crawl out. Because milkweed is poisonous, in general, the larvae do not eat it immediately after crawling out of the shell, but begin to eat its transparent egg shell. These eggshells contain a lot of protein, which is the only way for them to boost their immunity in the early stage. When there is no shell to eat, the larvae will try to eat the milkweed, but what they don't know is that in the veins of the milkweed, there is a deadly trap.
Suddenly, a larva bites through the veins of the milkweeds, and a cloud of mucus immediately gushes out and attaches to the larva. These poisonous mucus will quickly solidify once it comes into contact with the air, and basically as long as the larvae are hit, no one will be spared! And this is the signature trap of the milkweeds, about two-thirds of the larvae will be killed on the first day. The remaining survivors had to barely survive by gnawing on the skin of the milkweed leaves. Due to the small size of the larvae, they cannot be digested well in the face of venom erosion. So, they came up with a special solution. The larvae will take their tail as the center and gnaw in all directions. Gradually, the area where the larvae are located is isolated. The advantage of this is that the leaves within your range are completely cut off from the venom of the milkweeds. The rest just needs to be enjoyed slowly, with the leaves in your own area.
Soon, the larvae of the monarch butterfly gradually grow. After so much forbearance, and wandering on the line of death. Their revenge on the milkweed is about to begin!
