| Photograph by: Joel Sartone, National Geographic photographer. |
Did you know that each year between the months of October and March millions of Monarch Butterflies make the long journey between Canada and the U.S. to Mexico?
Millions of Monarch butterflies, Mariposas Monarcas, make the journey south to Mexico for the winter. There they reproduce in areas that have been designated butterfly sanctuaries. The monarch butterflies travel about 120 kilometers a day for 33 days to reach these sanctuaries in the Mexican state of Michoacan.
Answer the following questions in Spanish:
1) Has visto a las mariposas monarcas? 2) Por qué crees que vuelan a México para el invierno?
| Click on the image above and print out your own mariposa monarca! |
