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Recently, Kamran and I were watching a nerdy “NOVA” special about the monarch butterfly’s migration from Canada to Mexico. Apparently they travel through the U.S. from different parts of Canada, avoiding death at every turn, and then converge in Texas, where they form a giant swarm and fly to Mexico to spend the cold months cuddling together on trees like this:

Growing up in Ohio, we saw bazillions of monarchs every summer, and I remember my mom always telling me not to touch their wings or they wouldn’t be able to fly anymore. I guess it’s because of her that I didn’t grow up to strangle kittens and set them on fire on the high school football field like everyone else in my town. Thanks, Mom.

Inspired by this, here’s a collection of monarch-related finds from Etsy:

edible monarch cutouts

wooden monarch necklace

monarch cameo

monarch ornament and pendant

monarch steampunk ring (only minorly monarch-related, but awesome)

real monarch wing earrings

bronze monarch locket

reversible monarch necklace

glass tile monarch necklace

And of course:

Confederate flag monarch barrette (Oh, crap, the seller removed this! But I want the record to reflect that a Confederate flag butterfly barrette totally existed on Etsy and was horrendous.)

6 Comments

  1. Jessica R. says:

    Pretty! I especially love the necklace at the bottom right.

  2. Loren says:

    A friend of mine make Butterfly jewelry like some of these. From REAL butterfly wings. She’s constantly going out to state parks and things collecting dead bugs & butterflys.

  3. Lisa says:

    The glass tile necklace is beautiful!

  4. So beautiful!
    I especially love the wooden necklace.

  5. I think both our mother’s were issued the same ‘Mom’ kit, because mine told me that very same thing!
    I guess whoever made those earrings didn’t get that speech, though. The shock! The horror! Eh. I’m sure she/he was able to walk it off. :)

  6. stela says:

    Man I love NOVA. We recently watched one about dogs and how they became domestic. I really want to watch the butterfly one! That picture of them cuddled together is so cool.