Fragile Flyers

Fragile Flyers (HMTIX)

Location: Cape May, NJ 08204 Cape May County
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Country: United States of America
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N 38° 55.939', W 74° 57.574'

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Monarch Butterfly Migration

— Wildlife Migration —

September winds from the north and northwest gently push millions of migrating monarch butterflies (Danaus plexippus) to the Atlantic coast. Many are funneled southward through the Cape May peninsula. Thus begins the 2000-mile journey to their winter home in the forests of the Sierra Madre Mountains of central Mexico.

The following spring they mate, the males die, and the females journey back to North America, laying eggs on the milkweed plants as they go. They may travel as far north as the Gulf coast states before they too die. The next generation continues the northward migration until once again, the monarchs repopulate the entire region of the milkweed plant.

Four to five generations may live and reproduce throughout the summer. However, the last generation, along with all the other monarchs from eastern North America, seek refuge from the cold of winter and begin the migration cycle once again.
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HM NumberHMTIX
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Placed ByState of New Jersey – Division of Parks & Forestry
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Date Added Thursday, October 9th, 2014 at 10:51am PDT -07:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)18S E 503504 N 4309266
Decimal Degrees38.93231667, -74.95956667
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 38° 55.939', W 74° 57.574'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds38° 55' 56.34" N, 74° 57' 34.44" W
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Area Code(s)609
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 315 E, Cape May NJ 08204, US
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