Dead monarch butterflies on a tree stump at an over-winter site in the El Rosario Monarch Butterfly Preserve near Ocampo, Michoacan, Mexico. The monarch butterfly migration is a phenomenon across North America, where the butterflies migrates each autumn to overwintering sites in Central Mexico.

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Size: 5676px × 3784px
Location: Macheros, Michoacan, Mexico
Photo credit: © Richard Ellis / Alamy / Afripics
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