Monarch Butterfly Facts
Monarch Butterfly Fact
Monarch Butterfly Fact
Monarch Butterfly Fact
Monarch Butterfly Fact
Monarch Butterfly Fact
Monarch Butterfly Fact
The Monarch is one of the longest migrating creatures on Earth. Beginning in August, over 200 million eastern monarchs (those living from the Rockies to the Atlantic Ocean) migrate from their summer feeding and mating grounds in Mexico, where they spend the winter before returning to the United States in late February and March to begin the cycle of life again. In all the monarchs will travel over 3,000 miles as a group over several generations each year. While one Monarch will not make the 3,000 mile trip it will do its part to eat milkweed, mate and continue the cycle its children, grand children, great grand children and great great grandchildren will ultimately finish.
The Monarch knows instinctively where to go and how to get there. It is still a mystery exactly how this information is passed on. Monarchs live in all states and reproduce wherever they can find enough Milkweed to support their young. Monarchs are not pests and will not eat anything but Milkweed. They do not hurt crops, ornamental trees or in any way upset the balance of Nature in areas they are introduced. Monarchs are the State Butterfly of Alabama, Idaho, Illinois, Texas, West Virginia and Minnesota.
