Parents rejoice, the Super Generation has just arrived in a neighborhood near you!
The Monarch Butterfly thru the months of July & August will be diligently laying the eggs of the Super Generation all over that ubiquitous Milkweed.
This Super Generation that will fly over 3,000 km back to the Mountains of Michoacán Mexico to winter in vast numbers from all parts over the Northern United States & Southern Canada. This is by far the longest documented insect migration in the world.
This generation of super butterfly will not only fly the distance that it took 3 earlier generations to cover but they will also live 10 times longer.
Let us know when you spot these Nietzsche like athletes in your backyard by emailing us at admin@reappraisals.ca
Please remember this fall, (mid September thru mid October) to spread those Milkweed seeds along the border lands of cultivated fields, thru the scrub in park lands, along rural road ways and besides brooks, creeks & rivers. This will help create corridors of transit and areas of gestation for this true marvel of the natural world.
We wish every success to any engaging and enterprising grade school teacher who feels that getting his or her students out into fresh air to spread these pods of milkweed, will inevitably help their students better grasp the concepts inherent in the studies of geography, entomology and city planning. Let’s help create our own ultra super generation of engaged and educated students by helping this most beautiful creature endure and prosper.
Knowing that Monarch Butterfly numbers have fallen by 80% or more just in the last decade, it is imperative to realize that NOW is the time to step forward, so that this Super Generation of the natural world, can continue to dazzle future generations of humans!
Like the picture in this post, we give credit to Annenberg Learner, to see the picture please visit here