Pacific Grove, Butterfly Town USA
N 36° 36.130 W 121° 55.439
10S E 596237 N 4051279
Quick Description: Pacific Grove loves its Monach Butterflies
Location: California, United States
Date Posted: 12/11/2006 2:28:37 PM
Waymark Code: WM118Z
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Long Description:
Welcome to Butterfly Town USA!
Pacific Grove is famous for its
"http://www.93950.com/monarchs.htm">Butterfly Sanctuaries, being
one of the few places hosting
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monarch_butterfly">Monarch
Butterflies during their seven generation long migration. North
American Monarchs make massive southward migrations from August
through October.
Each Monarch generation lives only for a couple of weeks, except
for the fourth generation, which lives from August/September until
March/April the next year. It takes three generations to reach the
winter quarters. The population east of the Rocky Mountains
overwinters in the sanctuary in Angangueo, Michoacán, Mexico, and
the western population overwinters in various sites in central
coastal California, United States, Pacific Grove being the most
famous one of them.
A northward migration takes place in the spring and the
Grand-grand-grand-grand-grand-grand-grand children of a butterfly
that left its northern quarter almost a year before has no problem
finding the way back to the family estate.
Pacific Grove embraces its butterflies in
"http://www.waymarking.com/wm/details.aspx?f=1&guid=12e1b414-f03a-42f5-9c9f-955271149465&lat=36.602167&lon=-121.923983&t=4&id=Pacific%20Grove,%20Butterfly%20Town%20USA&gid=2">Butterfly
Sculptures,
"http://www.waymarking.com/wm/details.aspx?f=1&guid=1a8f0007-efb5-4e62-bacb-63fdd4bb263d&lat=36.626267&lon=-121.916483&t=4&id=Monarch%20Butterfly%20Sculpture&gid=3">Butterfly
Parks, and an annual Butterfly Parade.
