Do monarch butterflies return to their 'hometown' when…
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Do monarch butterflies return to their 'hometown' when heading north?
We know they go to Mexico and a specific area but I am curious if we know how accurate they are on the way back.
I am aware multiple generations happen on the way back to Canada where I am.
So I am curious... Say I release a monarch this summer and it goes to Mexico, survives, and starts back. It breeds and reproduces. Will it's descendants (assuming they survive) return to the same general area? Ie, same city, or province? Or neighborhood?
Do we know? Maybe through genetic lineages or isotopes?
Thanks!
#science
We know they go to Mexico and a specific area but I am curious if we know how accurate they are on the way back.
I am aware multiple generations happen on the way back to Canada where I am.
So I am curious... Say I release a monarch this summer and it goes to Mexico, survives, and starts back. It breeds and reproduces. Will it's descendants (assuming they survive) return to the same general area? Ie, same city, or province? Or neighborhood?
Do we know? Maybe through genetic lineages or isotopes?
Thanks!
#science
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