Spring
2005
Monarch
Butterfly Migration Route
Predictions and Results
Predict the route of the monarch migration from Mexico, as the butterflies enter the United States in the spring. Name the states and provinces where you think the monarchs will arrive first, second, third, etc.
Why do you think the migration will travel in the direction you have predicted? Give reasons to support your hypothesis.
| Order |
Name
of State Where |
Name
of State Where |
Date of Arrival |
| 1st | . | Texas |
March 13 |
| 2nd | . | Florida |
March 29? |
| 3rd | . | Louisiana |
March 29? |
| 4th | . | Arkansas |
March 30 |
| 5th | . | Mississippi |
March
31 |
| 6th | . | Georgia |
April 3 |
| 7th | . | Oklahoma |
April
4 |
| 8th | . | Alabama |
April
5 |
| 9th | . | North
Carolina |
April
6 |
| 10th | . | Missouri . |
April
9 |
| 11th | . | Tennessee . |
April
9 |
| 12th | . | Kansas . |
April
11 |
| 13th | . | Arizona . |
April
14 |
| 15th | . | Illinois |
April
19 |
| 16th | . | Maryland |
April
26 |
| 17th | . | South
Carolina |
April
28? |
| 18th | . | Delaware |
April
28 |
| 19th | . | Indiana |
April
28 |
| 20th | . | New
Jersey |
May
7 |
| 21st | . | Ohio |
May
8 |
| 22nd | . | Nebraska |
May
9 |
| 23rd | . | Ontario |
May
14 |
| 24th | . | Wisconsin |
May
15 |
| 25th | . | Iowa |
May
17 |
| 26th | . | Pennsylvania |
May
17 |
| 27th | . | South
Dakota |
May
18 |
| 28th | . | Minnesota |
May
19 |
| 29th | . | Utah |
May
19 |
| 30th | Michigan |
May
26 |
|
| 31st | West
Virginia |
May
30? |
|
| 32nd | Nova
Scotia |
June
1 |
|
| 33rd | New
York . |
June
3 |
|
| 34th | .Vermont |
June
4 |
|
| 35th | . | Connecticut.. |
June
5 |
| 36th | ..Maine |
June
6 |
|
| 37th | Manitoba |
June
8 |
|
| 38th | Massachusetts |
June
10 |
|
| 39th | New
Brunswick |
June
11 |
|
| 40th | . |
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