Grover Beach
Monarchs are in Season for Grover Beach
December 8, 2009 by admin · Leave a Comment
The monarch butterflies claim Grover Beach as their home during winter to escape the frigid temperatures of other locations.
From late October to February, monarch butterflies grace the cusp of Grover and Pismo Beach at the monarch butterfly grove. The grove is entwined with a path that cuts through the Eucalyptus trees that the butterflies nest in, and extends all the way down to the sandy shores of Grover Beach.
The butterfly colony that hits the Grover Beach grove is one of the largest in all of the United States, which has seen an average of 25,000 butterflies within the last five years. But these monarchs aren’t like others. On average, a monarch butterfly has a life span of only about six weeks. However, the ones that colonize at this grove have an average expectancy of about six months!
Driving through this area from Grover Beach to Pismo Beach along Highway 1, one will experience a thick cover of butterflies overhead fluttering between the branches that cross the highway.
But even during the off-season when there are no monarchs inhabiting the area, the grove is still a great and easily accessible area to take a leisurely walk or bike ride to the beach, or to observe some of the other unique wildlife that lives there.
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Butterfly statistics provided by: http://www.monarchbutterfly.org/index.html
