July 21, 2007
Monarch Butterfly
The Monarch is loved for its lifestyle as well as for its beauty. Every fall all across North America millions of these butterflies begin migrating southward, headed toward Central Mexico where they will spend the winter. In the spring, successive generations of the insects will complete the northward journey. The fall migrating populations are nicknamed "Methuselahs" because they live through the winter, far longer than any of those that mature during the spring and summer.