Magnificent, long-distance-migrating butterfly…
The gorgeous Monarch butterfly happens to be a master of flight and gliding… The eastern populations of southern Canada have begun their long migration south to central Mexico where they will overwinter until late February!… Migrations are incredible in themselves, never mind by a butterfly…
What’s even more amazing about these butterflies is that the generation that flies south in Autumn have never even been to the overwintering site in Mexico…! In Spring, the overwintering generation flies north, mates and produces the next generation of butterflies. This new generation flies further north and repeats this. By the time the Monarchs fly south in Autumn, they are the 3rd or 4th generation and don’t mate – they fly south instead… the long distance across the U.S. and to central Mexico. When Spring arrives, they begin the cycle all over again…
It is truly another of the many Divine wonders of our world… ♥
With love and wonder-filled spirit,
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