Monarch Butterfly Migration Route
Predictions and Results
Spring 2007
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Predict what will happen next! The first monarchs were reported on the dates shown in the following U.S. states and Canadian provinces. "New" means monarchs arrived during the past week. "From Mexico?" is a reminder to question whether this butterfly came from Mexico or from a wintering location on the Gulf or Atlantic coast.

  Order

Name of State/Prov. Where
I Predict Monarchs Will Arrive

Name of State/Prov. Where
Monarchs Actually Arrived

Date of Arrival

1st  .

Texas

March 6
2nd   .

Florida

March 10
3rd   .
North Carolina
March 10
4th
 

Louisiana

March 19
5th   .

Arkansas

March 20
6th   .
Mississippi
March 20
7th   .
Oklahoma
March 24
8th   .
South Carolina
March 24
9th   .
Arizona
March 26
10th   .
.Georgia
March 30
11th   .
.Tennessee
March 31
12th   .
.Illinois
April 1
13th   .
.Kentucky
April 1
15th   .
.Kansas
April 1
16th   .
.Virginia
April 13
17th   .
.Missouri
April 16
18th   .
.Wisconsin
April 20
19th   .
.West Virginia
April 22
20th   .
.Maryland
April 23
21st   .
.Indiana
April 24
22nd   .
.Massachusetts
April 26
23rd   .
.Michigan
April 29
24th   .
.South Dakota
April 30
25th  .
.Pennsylvania
May 2
26th  .
.Iowa
May 3
27th  .
.New Jersey
May 3
28th  .
.Ohio
May 6
29th  .
.Ontario
May 8
30th  .
.Nebraska
May 8
31st   .
.New York
May 9
32nd  
.Minnesota
May 11
33rd   .Quebec May 22
34th   .North Dakota May 22
35th   .Connecticut May 23
36th   .Maine   May 25
37th   .New Brunswick  May 26
38th   .Nova Scotia May 26
39th   .Manitoba   May 26
40th   .Rhode Island May 29
41st   Vermont (new!)  June 1
42nd   Saskatchewan (new!)  June 2
43rd   New Hampshire (new!)  June 7