Monarch

I planted Milkweed in my garden this spring and today saw my first Monarch – so exciting!

According to the U.S. Forest Service, “[t]he monarch is the only butterfly known to make a two-way migration as birds do,” traveling as far as 3000 miles south to their winter homes in Mexico and southern California. It takes 3-4 generations of breeding Monarchs to make the return to the northernmost regions of their habitat, northern United States and Canada.