This weekend, I spotted the first Monarch butterfly of the fall migratory season. Unfortunately, the Monarch I saw was stuck on my windshield. And that is the fate of thousands of the insects as they migrate every fall from Canada to California and Mexico (depending on which side of the Rocky Mountains they start from).
Here in North Texas, the migration of the butterflies becomes i
ts thickest in early to mid-October. What's amazing is that the butterflies migrating south are two or three generations removed from their ancestors who flew north from Mexico the last spring. In other words, the insects are migrating south 2,000 miles or more to a place they have never been.
ts thickest in early to mid-October. What's amazing is that the butterflies migrating south are two or three generations removed from their ancestors who flew north from Mexico the last spring. In other words, the insects are migrating south 2,000 miles or more to a place they have never been.When the Monarchs are in the air here, you know it's time for The State Fair of Texas.
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