Monarch Butterfies

I'm starting to see a few Monarch Butterflies in the neighborhood as they migrate north on their annual migration from Mexico. This is a male Monarch butterfly and can be identified by the black color on the ends of the wingtips, the females have orange wingtips.



As the Monarchs migrate north, several generations of Monarch butterflies are hatched and complete different sections of the migration. The Monarch butterflies born in this area after mid-August will be the generation that starts the southward migration to Mexico.