{"id":1899,"date":"2021-10-31T00:00:17","date_gmt":"2021-10-31T00:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/magicalmonarchs.com\/?p=1899"},"modified":"2021-11-04T19:16:28","modified_gmt":"2021-11-04T19:16:28","slug":"where-are-the-other-legs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/magicalmonarchs.com\/index.php\/2021\/10\/31\/where-are-the-other-legs\/","title":{"rendered":"Where Are The Other Legs??"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-medium is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/magicalmonarchs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/eZy-Watermark_01-11-2021_01-24-35PM-225x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1900\" width=\"250\" height=\"333\" srcset=\"https:\/\/magicalmonarchs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/eZy-Watermark_01-11-2021_01-24-35PM-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/magicalmonarchs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/eZy-Watermark_01-11-2021_01-24-35PM-122x162.jpeg 122w, https:\/\/magicalmonarchs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/eZy-Watermark_01-11-2021_01-24-35PM.jpeg 480w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>When you look at an adult monarch butterfly, you may find yourself asking &#8220;Where are the other legs??&#8221; Monarchs are insects and required to have six legs. You know you saw 6 true legs on the caterpillar, but now you can only find four. Monarchs belong to the Nymphalidae family, also known as &#8220;brush footed butterflies.&#8221; The other two feet, or brush feet, are tucked up under the chin of the butter and are not used for walking. These feet look like tiny little brushes. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-medium is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/magicalmonarchs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/eZy-Watermark_01-11-2021_01-23-00PM-268x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1901\" width=\"298\" height=\"334\" srcset=\"https:\/\/magicalmonarchs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/eZy-Watermark_01-11-2021_01-23-00PM-268x300.jpeg 268w, https:\/\/magicalmonarchs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/eZy-Watermark_01-11-2021_01-23-00PM-145x162.jpeg 145w, https:\/\/magicalmonarchs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/eZy-Watermark_01-11-2021_01-23-00PM.jpeg 480w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 298px) 100vw, 298px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Since butterflies don&#8217;t have tongues, they taste through their feet. When the monarch butterfly is checking out a plant for laying eggs, they may extend and use the brush feet to make sure that it&#8217;s milkweed. The &#8220;walking feet&#8221; on the other legs look almost like claws and are used for clinging to twigs, etc. You&#8217;ll also notice that if one is walking on your bare skin, it feels very prickly!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When you look at an adult monarch butterfly, you may find yourself asking &#8220;Where are the other legs??&#8221; Monarchs are<\/p>\n<div class=\"read-button read_more_btn_text\"><a class=\"read_more\" href=\"https:\/\/magicalmonarchs.com\/index.php\/2021\/10\/31\/where-are-the-other-legs\/\">Read Now<span class=\"arrow_readm\"> &#x25BA;<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/magicalmonarchs.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/post\/1899"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/magicalmonarchs.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/post"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/magicalmonarchs.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/magicalmonarchs.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/magicalmonarchs.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1899"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/magicalmonarchs.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/post\/1899\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1918,"href":"https:\/\/magicalmonarchs.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/post\/1899\/revisions\/1918"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/magicalmonarchs.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1899"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/magicalmonarchs.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1899"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/magicalmonarchs.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1899"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}