Monarch Butterfly Migration

Monarch Butterfly Migration
























Monarch Butterfly Migration


Up to five generations of monarch butterflies may migrate in one season . All monarch butterflies congregate at specific winter roost sites in California and Mexico.. Despite its paper-thin wings, the monarch butterfly is a powerful flayer with uncanny endurance. It is best known for its annual migration through.. sometimes as far as 3,000 miles.. North America to California and Mexico.. The 5 million monarch butterflies from western North America head for a small number of cities scattered along the coast of California. The 100 million butterflies from the eastern part of the country head south to Michoacan in central Mexico.. During the last 200 years, the monarch butterfly has also succeeded in colonizing place as far away as Hawaii, Fijj, Australia, and New Zealand..