Well it is about time for
Spring and that means one thing! The
Monarchs are coming! Yep, the beautiful
Monarch Butterfly is slowly making its way from Mexico, where the stay over the winter, up to the northern regions.
My wife and I have been raising, mostly learning, Monarchs the last two summers and we are getting prepared to get started again this spring. Their migration map shows the closest sightings in Illinois, Kentucky and Minnesota. So in around three weeks or so, they should be arriving in Michigan to begin their summer mating before they head back to Mexico this fall.
The reason we raise them is because their population is seriously low and by breeding them we actually give them a 90% more chance to survive to adults.
Have you seen a
Monarch butterfly yet this year? Have you ever raised them?