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Bad photo in impossible backlight, over-cropped and upside down so you can read the text: MWTAG.org, Monarch Watch, AESE 475. Noticed one of several female monarchs visiting the dry Crepe Myrtles and lush milkweed in our backyard had a sticker on its wing. Weird, right? Go to the website—I did, to report the sighting—and see how citizen scientists are tagging monarchs to track the migration behavior of my childhood’s most familiar butterflies.
“No individual butterfly completes the entire round trip. Female monarchs lay eggs for a subsequent generation during the northward migration. Four generations are involved in the annual cycle and the generation undertaking the southbound migration live eight times longer than their parents and grandparents.” —Wikipedia
9 Jan 2022; 19:40 CST; Slider
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Bad photo in impossible backlight, over-cropped and upside down so you can read the text: MWTAG.org, Monarch Watch, AESE 475. Noticed one of several female monarchs visiting the dry Crepe Myrtles and lush milkweed in our backyard had a sticker on its wing. Weird, right? Go to the website—I did, to report the sighting—and see how citizen scientists are tagging monarchs to track the migration behavior of my childhood’s most familiar butterflies.
“No individual butterfly completes the entire round trip. Female monarchs lay eggs for a subsequent generation during the northward migration. Four generations are involved in the annual cycle and the generation undertaking the southbound migration live eight times longer than their parents and grandparents.” —Wikipedia
9 Jan 2022; 19:40 CST; Slider