No individual butterfly completes the entire round trip. Female monarchs lay eggs for a subsequent generation during the northward migration. Four generations are involved in the annual cycle and the generation undertaking the southbound migration live eight times longer than their parents and grandparents.
sergioandrade Premium Member 12 months ago
Try not to make any wrong turns at Albuquerque.
pschearer Premium Member 12 months ago
From Wikipedia on “Monarch Butterfly Migration”:
No individual butterfly completes the entire round trip. Female monarchs lay eggs for a subsequent generation during the northward migration. Four generations are involved in the annual cycle and the generation undertaking the southbound migration live eight times longer than their parents and grandparents.
Ellis97 12 months ago
I don’t think the older generation ever completes the trip. From what I’ve heard, the previous generation dies shortly after laying eggs.
Forest Dweller 54 12 months ago
Hope nobody dug up that plant or they will end up in L.A.
Chithing Premium Member 12 months ago
They lost the instructions, so they have to make do with migratory.COM
bwswolf 12 months ago
Hope their GPS is good and doesn’t send them ……………….. someplace they don’t want to be …… :)
James Noury Premium Member 12 months ago
I sometimes wish that I lived over the hedge!