Symbolic Migration News
By Mary Hosier

October 29, 2015

Butterflies Carry Messages
Symbolic Galleries are open! Ambassador butterflies carry wishes of goodwill for the monarch. Let's take a peek at some of them.

blooming tulips
Butterflies at the staging grounds.
Hundreds of Ambassador Butterflies
The Postal service has been rolling out hundreds of butterflies to the staging grounds in Minnesota. Use the map as a gathering place to see where this year's symbolic butterflies were made.

USPS brings envelopes
Spotlight: Messages Behind the Butterflies
The Symbolic Migration map is filled with messages from students across the U.S. and Canada. Here is what a few of them are saying...
our class butterfly looking up our class butterfly
Hettinger, North Dakota Anchorage, Alaska Maplewood, Minnesota
 
Gallery: 2015 Symbolic Monarch Sample Gallery
Visit the Galleries to view some of the hundreds of ambassador butterflies going to Mexico for the winter.
butterfly butterfly butterfly
Passenger List

Who sent Symbolic Monarchs to Mexico this year? How many were sent? Check the list to see the 1,836 classrooms in Canada, US, and Germany that participated.

Report: Join the Community

Build a sense of community between your students and thousands of others around the world who are united by monarch migration.

symbolic migration map
Next Update End of November


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