Now, the parasites that monarchs get infected with are called ophryocystis elektroscirrha -- a mouthful. What they do is they produce spores, millions of spores on the outside of the butterfly that are shown as little specks in between the scales of the butterfly. And this is really detrimental to the monarch.
Parazitul care-i infectează pe monarhi se numește ophryocystis elektroscirrha și produce spori, milioane de spori, care apar ca niște pete mici pe fondul solzilor fluturilor, lucru foarte dăunător pentru monarh.