Butterfly sanctuary in Mexico

Millions of butterflies every year often make a very interesting migration with a journey of 4,828 km from Canada to Mexico. The Mexican Reserve, where butterflies fly full of plants, was opened to the public on November 17, 2006.

(Photo: Richard-seaman.com) In the early autumn days, with cool temperatures and shorter days in North America, millions of butterflies left their homeland and flew to the forests. Mexico has a mild climate in early November. Mexico has established a number of protected areas in the Angangueo forest in the west of the country to protect the rare animals. This is the only area where this butterfly comes to proliferate. However, they cannot avoid the danger waiting.

Conservation director Ernesto Enkerlin said during this season a sudden cold spell could still occur. Every year, tens of thousands of bright black and orange butterflies flock to Mexico's Michoacan region to flee the winter months in temperate climates in Central Mexico before returning to Canada. No butterfly has experienced this long journey. Instead, the descendants of those who started instinctively went to a place they had never been before.

After leaving Mexico, it took 3 to 4 generations of new summer butterflies in Canada and the northern regions of the United States. The last generation, having a longer life, made a journey to Mexico to stay winter.

Through 5 months of opening to the public to visit, thousands of visitors have come to this forest and famous areas such as Llano de la Papas, El Rosario, Los Azufres and Mil Cumbre, are the places to bring income Main for local residents. Princess butterflies are rare because those who cut illegal forests and even cold winters in North America unintentionally devastated their natural habitat.

Giang Khue