Monarch Butterflies mass along a dry stream bed in the Sierra Pellon mountain at the Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve in Sierra Pellon central Mexico in Michoacan State. Each year hundreds of millions Monarch butterflies mass migrate from the US and Canada to Oyamel fir forests in the volcanic highlands of central Mexico. North American monarchs are the only butterflies that make such a massive journey up to 3,000 miles (4,828 kilometers).
Monarch Butterflies mass along a dry stream bed in the Sierra Pellon mountain at the Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve in Sierra Pellon central Mexico in Michoacan State. Each year hundreds of millions Monarch butterflies mass migrate from the US and Canada to Oyamel fir forests in the volcanic highlands of central Mexico. North American monarchs are the only butterflies that make such a massive journey up to 3,000 miles (4,828 kilometers).
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Location: Michoacan State, Mexico
Photo credit: © Richard Ellis / Alamy / Afripics
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