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Some monarch butterflies do indeed migrate through the state of Colorado. Monarch butterflies migrate to warmer regions during the winter.
Monarch butterflies travel south to Mexico in the winter, then back north in the summer.
Monarch Butterflies. They fly south for the winter like birds do.
Monarch butterflies migrate to Mexico during the winter months. They leave their wintering grounds in late February to early March.
France :D Many of them migrate to france and it's a wonderful sighting :D
Butterflies tend to fly during daylight hours when the migrate. Therefore when butterflies migrate for the winter they most likely start their journey around sun up and end before sunset.
how do butterflies survie in the winter?
Monarchs do migrate to warmer climes in winter.
Monarch butterflies do live in Illinois. While they migrate and winter in Mexico, they also live in prairie states. This is due to the milkweed plant which Monarchs use to lay their eggs and feed on.
Monarch butterflies have been introduced to Australia and New Zealand and Hawaii. They appear occasionally on the east side of the Atlantic, thought to be transported across the ocean. Species outside of the US do not appear to migrate. A few subspecies have been identified in the US that do not migrate. That vast majority of Monarchs (hundreds of millions) migrate to a forest outside of Mexico City each winter.
There is one that we discovered in our house in Caledon Dec 7. maybe it will go into cocoon stage since it found a warm place to hang out.
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