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Thursday, September 1. 2022

Bug of the Week: Monarch Butterfly

Migration Time


The Aug-Oct migration of the eastern Monarch butterflies from the US and Canada to one small area in central Mexico is, to my mind, more remarkable than the march of those cute penguins in Antarctica. (Those west of the Rockies fly to southern California.) As they pass through New England, I see them fattening up on my buddleias (photo yesterday), but they have been around the milkweed in the meadows all summer. And that's why birds never eat them - they ingest a nasty flavor from the milkweed and birds won't touch 'em.


Here's a  monarch migration site.


And here's something: How do butterflies fly? 




Posted by Bird Dog in Natural History and Conservation at 13:20 | Comments (7) | Trackback (1)

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Another Summertime Post of Stuff from Our Archives
The Plastic Cross and the Demise of the World Council of ChurchesLinear ThinkingBird Dog photographs a live Passenger PigeonMonarch Butterfly MigrationChurch Coffee Hour
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Seems the migration website has moved to a new location.
#1 Mark on 2018-10-06 16:15 (Reply)
We get lots and lots of Western Monarchs at https://www.google.ca/maps/place/Kragmont,+BC/@49.1744642,-115.2351416,14z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m13!1m7!3m6!1s0x536507346c8d7403:0x790f0ad1cee668b!2sLake+Koocanusa!3b1!8m2!3d48.8935658!4d-115.2053437!3m4!1s0x5365a9a31eca1c71:0xab76bf04f4de0dea!8m2!3d49.1744373!4d-115.2176329, just north of 49 in British Columbia.

Absolutely smashing little bugs.
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#3 PriscillaRRoss on 2021-09-20 13:59 (Reply)
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#3.1 Heltau on 2021-09-21 19:06 (Reply)
We sometimes are on the monarch's path but I haven't seen more than the normal numbers this year. Right now the hummingbirds are on their way through on their normal migration, so it's daily aerial battle at the feeders I've hung. I have 5 of them duking it out right now outside my office window.
#4 Aggie on 2021-09-20 16:32 (Reply)
And that's why I spread Marmite on my brussels sprouts, can't be too cautious about avoiding carnivorous birds.
#5 Ed on 2021-09-20 20:26 (Reply)
As I understand it, the Monarchs are an amazing creation because no Monarch makes the monumental round trip migration. A monarch begins the journey and has offspring that eventually return to the place their parents started the migration. I suppose they have GPS (God's positioning system!)
#6 Frank on 2022-09-11 09:12 (Reply)

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