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All right, today is pop quiz day!\u00a0 Enough of the moaning and groaning, it won’t be that tough of a quiz.\u00a0 In fact it is only one question!\u00a0 What do Canada Geese and Monarch Butterflies have in common? I am going to assume that the smart, brown-nosing geek sitting in the front said “Professor Richer, they both migrate!”.\u00a0 As usual the brow-noser is dead on!<\/p>\n

They may be small but the monarch butterfly is able to migrate south for the winter.\u00a0 As well, it is the only butterfly that will head south and then have a northward migration in the spring.\u00a0 As impressive as this sounds it is important to note that no single butterfly makes the entire trip.\u00a0 Generally, the monarch’s life span in butterfly form is only two months; however,\u00a0 the last generation of monarch’s in the summer will survive around seven months and possibly longer.\u00a0 Around early August the monarch butterfly will head south.\u00a0 Butterflies east of the Rocky Mountains will go to butterfly sanctuaries in Mexico while those west of the Rockies will head to California.<\/p>\n

The generation of butterflies that spend the winter down south do not lay eggs until they start migrating north again.\u00a0 During February or March the Monarch’s will make their way back north.\u00a0 Again, the butterflies living east of the Rockies will only migrate to Texas or Oklahoma.\u00a0 The eggs will be laid during this stretch of the spring migration.\u00a0 It is usually the second, third or fourth generation of Monarch’s that make it back to Northern USA or Canada.\u00a0 How these butterflies know where to over winter after several generations is still being studied.<\/p>\n

Monarch Butterfly Fast Fact:<\/strong><\/em> Did you know that some Monarch’s have traveled across the ocean from North America to Europe? I hope they flew first class for that long trip.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

All right, today is pop quiz day!\u00a0 Enough of the moaning and groaning, it won’t be that tough of a quiz.\u00a0 In fact it is only one question!\u00a0 What do Canada Geese and Monarch Butterflies have in common? I am going to assume that the smart, brown-nosing geek sitting in the front said “Professor Richer, they both migrate!”.\u00a0 As usual the brow-noser is dead on! They may be small but the monarch butterfly is able to migrate south for the winter.\u00a0 As well, it is the only butterfly that will head south and then have a northward migration in the <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":318,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[17,4024],"tags":[348,127,4026,126,125,4025],"yoast_head":"\n