{"id":859119,"date":"2026-09-24T15:54:11","date_gmt":"2026-09-24T15:54:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/859119\/"},"modified":"2026-09-24T15:54:11","modified_gmt":"2026-09-24T15:54:11","slug":"monarch-butterfly-migration-map-shows-peak-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/859119\/","title":{"rendered":"Monarch butterfly migration map shows peak times"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Where to see migrating monarch butterflies as they head south for winter<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/d43305ee-aac4-43b2-8513-d1c82dd40339_1738262447.file.png\" width=\"48\" height=\"48\" alt=\"Annie Jennemann\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>WASHINGTON \u2014<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"0\">As fall begins, monarch butterflies are also making their annual journey south for winter.<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"1\">Millions of monarchs are traveling over parts of the U.S. now, stopping only at night. Some will even make a journey as far as 3,000 miles.<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"2\">Many people have a chance to see monarchs that are migrating, but certain geographies have peak times. <\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"3\">For example, the peak abundance time for monarchs in the more northern parts of the United States starts in August. Southern parts of the United States see a peak abundance around late October.<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"4\">Use the map to see when peak migration is where you live. The estimates were calculated by <a href=\"https:\/\/monarchwatch.org\/tagging\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Monarch Watch<\/a> using submitted data.<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"6\">About 99% of monarch butterflies live east of the Rocky Mountains and migrate south to Mexico for winter, meeting up to pass over Texas. A much smaller population lives west of the Rockies, migrating to the California coast for winter. <\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"7\">Monarch butterflies are <a href=\"https:\/\/monarchjointventure.org\/faq\/endangered-species-act\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">not federally protected since they are not listed as endangered<\/a> under the U.S. Endangered Species Act, but their population has declined over several decades. <\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"9\">Organizations that support the conservation of monarch butterflies recommend that people who want to help the migrating insects:<\/p>\n<p>Plant milkweed plants to house monarch caterpillars.Plant native nectar flowers.Reduce the use of pesticides.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Where to see migrating monarch butterflies as they head south for winter WASHINGTON \u2014 As fall begins, monarch&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":859120,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[51],"tags":[347961,362675,63580,362676,33123,19232,362674,19490,362670,362680,152587,31508,19915,26,362669,10907,362672,11480,159822,123527,362667,362677,362671,362673,14797,195512,95453,362679,34373,64244,79,362678,323084,1022,21,25,201,19818,362668],"class_list":["post-859119","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wildlife","tag-annual-journey","tag-august-peak","tag-autumn","tag-butterfly-migration-map","tag-california-coast","tag-conservation","tag-endangered-monarchs","tag-fall","tag-fall-migration","tag-house-monarch-caterpillar","tag-late-october","tag-many-people","tag-map","tag-mexico","tag-migrating-monarchs","tag-migration","tag-milkweed-plants","tag-million","tag-monarch-butterflies","tag-monarch-butterfly","tag-monarch-butterfly-migration","tag-monarch-migration-peak","tag-monarch-watch","tag-native-nectar-flowers","tag-part","tag-peak-time","tag-pesticides","tag-plant-milkweed-plant","tag-population-decline","tag-rocky-mountains","tag-science","tag-small-population","tag-southern-part","tag-texas","tag-united-states","tag-us","tag-wildlife","tag-winter","tag-winter-migration"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/859119","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=859119"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/859119\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/859120"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=859119"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=859119"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=859119"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}