News Update: April 17 , 2008        Name _____________________ 

Migration and Monarch Generations
(Teachers: Map is hotlinked for larger projection on smartboard or screen.)

The migration map shows when and where monarchs have arrived so far this spring. You can assume that female monarchs are laying eggs in those places, as long as they have milkweed.

Name the states where monarchs have been laying their eggs.

Predict when eggs in those states will become adult butterflies. (Assume the monarch life cycle takes one month.)

Which states do you think are the most important for producing the next generation of monarchs? Explain why.