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Did you know the Los Cerritos School Garden is an official Monarch Butterfly Waystation? The migration of hundreds of millions of monarch butterflies starts in Canada each fall and they travel all the way down to California and Mexico to spend the winter. Monarch waystations are places that provide the necessary resources for monarch to produce successive generations and sustain their migration. So if I understand this correctly, the monarchs are in Canada in the fall, they fly down to California, have some babies. The babies get the baton, keep flying down to Mexico. They hang out there for the winter, baton, California, baton, back up to Canada, baton…
Anyone, please tell me if I got the gist of this natural wonder - the monarch migration. You can visit Monarch Watch to learn more about the monarchs and how you can create an official monarch waystation in your own backyard! In addition to being good for the environment, the butterfly gardens are incredibly beautiful. Download the waystation application form and on it you will find lists of the milkweeds needed for the larvae, nectar flowers for the adults and the sustainable management practices to keep your monarch habitat healthy and happy!