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L McKee Digital Art Photography
Monarch Butterfly, Davisburg, Michigan. Photo: Photo: Larry McKee, L McKee Photography. PLEASE NOTE: This image comes in sizes 3x5, 5x7, 8x10, 11x14, 16x20, 24x30, 40x50. The monarch butterfly or simply monarch is a milkweed butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. Other common names, depending on region, include milkweed, common tiger, wanderer, and black-veined brown. They Travel 3,000 miles, Every Year. The eastern population of North America's monarchs overwinters in the same 11 to 12 mountain areas in the States of Mexico and Michoacan from October to late March. Monarchs roost for the winter in oyamel fir forests at an elevation of 2,400 to 3,600 meters (nearly 2 miles above sea level).
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