By Kathy Reshetiloff, Chesapeake Bay Naturalist

The monarch—easily recognized by dark orange wings with black veins and white edge spots—is found throughout the United States and into southern Canada. This butterfly is also one of the few that migrate.

As the days grow shorter, the fall migration begins with millions of monarchs making their way south. Monarchs in the west migrate to southern California, while those in the central and eastern parts of North America overwinter in the Gulf States and remote mountain valleys of south-central Mexico.

From the first week of September through the third week of October, this familiar 4-inch beauty is making its way south through the Chesapeake Bay watershed.

To read the entire feature from the Chesapeake Bay Journal, Go To:

Autumn’s Gold Includes Millions of Monarch Butterflies Migrating South

PaED Video Blog: Monarchs and Other Butterflies Visiting Our Front Porch

9/22/2006