March 14 - National Learn About Butterflies Day

Happy National Learn About Butterflies Day! Lepidopterists rejoice! On March 14th, today encourages us to look for a blur of color as butterflies begin migrating across the country.  

  

Each year the celebration brings with it an awareness of the varieties of butterflies and their importance to our survival. 

Spring and summer are just right around the corner, so it is an excellent time to take a few minutes and learn something new about butterflies and appreciate their beauty. 

  

Like bees, bats and other pollinators, butterflies make the difference between valuable fruits and vegetables on our tables.  

  

While we’re planting native flowers and trees, we’re also providing for our future. Pollinators such as the monarch butterfly and the honey bee have been in decline. 

All the reasons have not been identified. However, increasing the available habitat does help! 

  

Butterflies need our help to survive as they rely on flowers and other natural sources for survival.  We can help them by planting more flowers. 

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  • There are more than 20,000 types of butterflies worldwide! 
• • Their wingspans can range from 1/2 inch to 11 inches! 
• • Butterflies in their adult stage can live from a week to nearly a year, depending on the species. 
• • Many butterflies migrate over long distances. Particularly famous migrations are those of the Monarch butterfly from Mexico to the northern United States of America and southern Canada, a distance of about 2500 to 3000 miles. 

HOW TO OBSERVE 

  

Read up on butterflies or find a good sunny spot to watch some. Plant a wildflower garden to provide habitat for them. You won’t regret it.  

  

You’ll have butterflies to enjoy all summer long! To learn more about pollinator gardens, visit  the website for Million Garden Challenge below. Use #LearnAboutButterfliesDay to post on social media. 

  

https://www.nwf.org/Garden-for-Wildlife/About/National-Initiatives/Pollinator-Month 

  

HISTORY 

  

National Day Calendar® continues to research the origins of this nature-loving holiday. 

  

#LearnAboutButterfliesDay 

@NWF 

@nichecinema 

March 14 - National Write Your Story Day

Happy National Write Your Story Day! On March 14th, this day challenges you to tell your story in written form. 

  

You may think to yourself, “There’s nothing in my life to tell.” It will surprise you once you put pen to paper, or fingers to keyboard and the words start filling the pages.  

  

Words have a way of triggering memories. They form a moment in time, and before you know it, there’s a story flowing from your fingertips. Even if you never share your tale, it can be an essence of who you are and where you’ve been. 

  

Trips down memory lane or recreating the moment when a spark of inspiration occurred, are more intriguing than you know. Today, they fill blogs, inspire novels and entire television series. 

More importantly, they are treasures to family and loved ones. 

The observance encourages us to start telling our personal stories today. There’s a story worth recounting in there somewhere! 

HOW TO OBSERVE 

Commit to writing your story. Grab pen and paper or your favorite electronic device and begin typing away. We all have a story to tell. Use #WriteYourStoryDay to share on social media. 

HISTORY 

In September 2017, Mitzy founded National Write Your Story Day. Mitzy is an African-American author, artist, educator, consultant and founder of the YouTube channel Mitzy TV, which pushes to inspire authors and artists to become better individuals.  

This business also works to provide direction and encouragement to others so that they can push their work out into the world where it can best serve others. 

Contact information: 
mitzytv333@gmail.com 

The Registrar at National Day Calendar® proclaimed this day to be observed annually beginning March 14, 2018. 

Everyone has a story to tell. If you could, how would you start writing your story today? 

#WriteYourStoryDay
@mitzytv333 

@nichecinema