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Fall Monarch Migration Map Archives
Location of Overnight Roosts
2004 to present
(Spring Migration | Milkweed | Fall Migration)

These maps show when and where people reported overnight roosts during fall migration. How does the migration compare from one year to the next? Analyze the maps and answer the questions below. Monarch Butterfly Migration Map: Fall Roosts, Fall 2012
All Years
(Fall 2002-present)
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Fall 2012
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Fall migration 2011: map of overnight roosts Fall migration 2010: map of overnight roosts
Fall 2011
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Fall 2010
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Fall 2009
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Fall 2008
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Fall 2007
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Fall 2006
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Additional Fall Migration Maps
The maps on this page only show where people reported roosts during fall migration. For additional fall monarch migration maps from past years ("Peak Migration" and "All sightings"), see Maps and Data from Past Seasons
Fall 2005
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Fall 2004
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Try This:

  • Describe the ways that the migrations similar from one year to the next.
  • How are they different? Describe.
  • List all the factors you think might cause the migrations to be different from one year to the next.
  • List all the factors that might cause the data to be different from year to year.
  • What do the maps tell you about monarch migration?

 

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