AUSTIN (KXAN) — Monarch butterflies are gracing the Central Texas landscape as they migrate down to Mexico for the winter.
According to Texas Parks and Wildlife, the state is important to their migration because of it’s location between northern breeding grounds and overwintering parts of Mexico.
Monarchs traverse Texas in the fall and spring.
The fall migration path stretches 300 miles from Wichita Falls to Eagle Pass, TPWD said. Butterflies enter this route, which goes through Central Texas, in late September. TPWD said by early November, most monarchs have made it to Mexico.
Another migration path sits along the Texas coast and lasts from the third week of October to mid-November, TPWD said.
Central Texas viewers submitted photos and videos showing monarchs taking over their backyards and gardens.
The next time we’ll see the monarch migration is in early March. Overwintering monarchs will start arriving in Texas from Mexico to lay eggs as they move through the state, TPWD said.
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