Monarch Butterflies Wintering South of the Border Many Species Share a Small Area Measuring Landmass: How Much Smaller is Mexico? How much land is available in Mexico for millions of winter migrants compared to the land in their U.S. and Canadian summer breeding grounds? Purple = Mexico Click on map to enlarge it or look at your classroom globe. Trace Mexico on a piece of paper and cut it out. Place it on the map or globe. Use it to estimate this: How many times smaller is Mexico than the United States and Canada combined? Journal or Discussion Questions How do you think that sharing small wintering ground could affect monarchs and other migrants? How might habitat destruction in Mexico and southern regions affect them? Next: What We Think >>

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