monarch migration
Butterfly seasonal travel
Monarch migration refers to the seasonal journey of monarch butterflies between their breeding grounds in North America and overwintering sites in central Mexico or coastal California.
Unlike most insects, monarchs travel thousands of miles across multiple generations, with the final generation of summer making the full southward trip and surviving winter before returning north.
We drove to see the monarch migration in the mountains of Michoacán.
- butterflyWinged insect from caterpillar
- orange and blackAutumn's signature duo
- orangeCitrus with segments
- blackDarkest possible hue
- wingsLimbs for flight
milkweed · Mexico · journey · flight · generation · overwintering · mountain sanctuary · cluster · mass gathering · roosting · instinct · nectar · chrysalis · caterpillar · swarm · south · autumn · rest stop
- migrationimmigrants, refugees, emigrant, refugee, asylum seekers
- natural cyclescircadian rhythm, sleep cycle, seasons, tides, water cycle
- animal cycleshibernation, breeding season, mating season, mating seasons, nesting
- pollinator conservationbee conservation, colony collapse, honeybees, native bees, pollinator gardens
- wildlife cyclesmating season, breeding season, rutting season, spawning season, nesting season
- autumnautumn leaves, leaf fall, fall, autumn equinox, golden leaves
monarch migrationstaying put
Remaining in place
hibernation · dormancy · stasis · immobility · rootedness
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