Update Surprise Sighting Journey North

Where did the New Jersey monarch originate? One intriguing possiblity is that the butterfly is the offspring of a monarch that overwintered along the Gulf or Atlantic Coast. The map of winter sightings shows monarchs were abundant there all winter. Whether those monarchs become migratory in the spring is unknown.

Surprise Sighting of a Monarch Butterfly in New Jersey

 

 

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