Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
CONNOR DALBECK, 3, of Hurley, makes his way through an obstacle course Wednesday afternoon at the Hurley Library. The course simulated obstacles monarch butterflies face while migrating south for the winter.
HURLEY - Children migrated to Hurley Public Library Wednesday afternoon to learn about monarch butterflies.
Standing in front of a container of several butterflies, North Lakeland Discovery Center Naturalist Licia Johnson asked them how to recognize a monarch butterfly. A child said they are big and have orange wings.
She said butterflies have wings that help them fly, antennas that help them sense their surroundings, eyes to let them see and feet to help them taste.
A monarch's eyeballs consist of 1,000 "little lenses" that help them see differently than humans, Johnson said.
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