Monarch in Late September
Ninth image in this long Insect Series...
One more tomorrow to complete the series.
Arachnophobes beware!!!
This Monarch feeding on our Sedum florets was the last one I saw for this year as I think they have all begun their long southward migration, leaving Wisconsin behind. I will miss seeing them and their orange and black beauty.
-- Monarch Migration: A Multi-Generational Epic --
The Monarch butterfly's incredible, annual round-trip migration takes multiple generations to complete the northward journey from central Mexico. The butterflies that emerge over the spring and summer (generations 1, 2, and 3) continue the relay, moving north across the continent to breed. The final generation of the year, often the 4th, is a "super generation" that lives up to eight months and makes the entire 3,000 mile flight south to the Mexican overwintering sites where the cycle began!
Monarch in Late September
Ninth image in this long Insect Series...
One more tomorrow to complete the series.
Arachnophobes beware!!!
This Monarch feeding on our Sedum florets was the last one I saw for this year as I think they have all begun their long southward migration, leaving Wisconsin behind. I will miss seeing them and their orange and black beauty.
-- Monarch Migration: A Multi-Generational Epic --
The Monarch butterfly's incredible, annual round-trip migration takes multiple generations to complete the northward journey from central Mexico. The butterflies that emerge over the spring and summer (generations 1, 2, and 3) continue the relay, moving north across the continent to breed. The final generation of the year, often the 4th, is a "super generation" that lives up to eight months and makes the entire 3,000 mile flight south to the Mexican overwintering sites where the cycle began!