Each fall , hundreds of thousands of Monarch butterflies migrate to Mexico .
Mexico ’ s Great Monarch Migration
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Humans aren ’ t the only ones who head to Mexico when the temperatures start to drop . Each year , beginning in October , hundreds of thousands of Monarch butterflies travel up to 120 nautical miles a day during the species ’ epic migration to Mexico ’ s oyamel fir tree forests . Situated just west of Mexico City , by early November , swarms of these fascinating orange and black-winged insects can be found clustered along tree trunks and fluttering through the canopies where they remain until temperatures in the U . S . and Canada start to warm come spring . Until then , these Monarchs draw quite the crowd with the region playing host to a variety of tours at dedicated sanctuaries and biospheres that encourage people to witness the incredible journey in an up-close-and-personal way .
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