Blog Post #4

Monarch butterflies migrate from Mexico all the way to these woods in northern Minnesota and other states in search of milkweed where they lay eggs. Once the eggs hatch, the larvae spend all of their time consuming every part of the milkweed plant until they are ready to become pupae. Once transformed into butterflies, the monarchs start their trips south for the winter.



The milkweed plant is very important to the monarch as it is the one of the only types of plants on which they feed. Sadly, farmers in the northern states have been slowly diminishing their habitat as they continue to eliminate milkweed from their fields.