Winter Sightings! >>
Today's Report Includes:
It's Cold in Mexico!
Photo: Dr. Lincoln Brower
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do Monarchs fly to Mexico from across the continent? |
It can be warm during the day at the monarch's winter home in Mexico, but at night it's as cold as the inside of your refrigerator! Most people are puzzled when they hear this. Why do monarchs migrate across the continent to spend the winter in a place that is cold? This week, take an imaginary trip inside a monarch colony on a cold day. You will see many ways cold temperatures affect monarchs and how the forest protects them. >>
Slideshow Visit >>
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You can track real-time weather information from the monarch's wintering region in Mexico. When it's cold, you can imagine exactly what's happening there. How cold will the butterflies be tonight? >> |
Record Sheet |
You have just taken an imaginary trip inside a monarch colony, and seen several ways cold temperatures affect monarchs. While your memory is fresh, take out your journal and describe what you have seen:
- Explain how the cold temperatures in Mexico benefit monarchs.
- In what ways can the cold temperatures harm them?
- Journal: Monarch Winter Habitat Journal >>
- Observation Activity: The Climate of MX: What Do Two Pictures Tell You? >>
- Observation Activity: Why Are These Butterflies Behaving So Strangely? >>
- Lesson: How Cold Are the Overwintering Sites in Mexico? >>
- Lesson: The Forest as Blanket, Umbrella & Hot Water Bottle (Analogies) >>
- Overview: About Journey North's Monarch Butterfly Overwintering Study >>
The Next Monarch Migration Update Will Be Posted on February 23, 2007.
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