2023 Trans-Pecos TeeThis years Trans Pecos festival honors the monarch butterfly, floating gemstone of the sky. Every fall, these beauties migrate from Canada south on their way to wintering sites in Mexico, an epic journey of over 3,000 miles. As they pass through Texas each year, our native flora serve as a stronghold for the butterflys survival. Before the migration miracle comes metamorphosis. The monarchs Latin name, Danaus plexippus, means sleepy transformation.