beSpacific<p>The Secret in the Spots on <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/MonarchButterflies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MonarchButterflies</span></a>’ <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Wings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Wings</span></a>. The wings of monarchs that survive a 2,000-mile-long <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/migration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>migration</span></a> tend to be spottier, suggesting that feature may aid the insects’ ability to fly. These insects flap more than 2,000 miles from their summer homes in <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Canada</span></a> down to mountains of central <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Mexico" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mexico</span></a>. Only about 30% survive the trip. Researchers have found shared <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/trait" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>trait</span></a> in the <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/butterflies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>butterflies</span></a> that make it: The edges of their wings tend to be slightly <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/spottier" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>spottier</span></a>. <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/21/science/monarch-butterflies-spots-wings.html" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nytimes.com/2023/06/21/science</span><span class="invisible">/monarch-butterflies-spots-wings.html</span></a></p>