The Four Seasons

August 14 – The Four Seasons 

All eastern monarch butterflies spend the winter roosting in the mountain ranges in the central Mexican state of Michoacan. 

After the new year, their migration begins. Through spring and into the summer, monarchs will travel more than two thousand miles north, following the growth of fresh milkweed plants throughout the United States and even into Canada. 

Some go through the Southwest and into California and stay.

Let’s call them western monarchs. 

In late summer and into the fall, the monarchs make their return trip south. Migrating thousands of miles back to their winter home. 

It takes four generations of monarchs to complete their yearly migration. FOUR! 

It’s remarkable to me.

The eastern monarch butterflies annual migration is an all-time epic journey.