How many signs can you find that the monarchs are reaching the end of
their lives?
Describe what
the monarchs are doing now, based on these observations.
- What do you suppose the typical day of a migrating monarch looks like?
- How many signs can you find that the monarchs are reaching the end of their lives?
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March
31 Ennis, TX (32N, -97W)
While looking for milkweed across the street from our school, another
teacher and I spotted the first monarch we have seen in this area. It
was a female and she was stopping only to drink from flowers. She had
lost alot of her bright orange color, therefore, we knew she had been
traveling for awhile.
March
30 Lawton, OK (35N, -98W)
Two students found a tattered female monarch on the playground at Whittier
Elementary in Lawton, OK. They are putting the monarch on some flowers
to rest so that it will be able to eat and then fly off.
March
29 Flower Mound, TX (33N,-97W)
Female monarch on milkweeds in our yard.
March
24 Horseshoe Bay, TX (31N,-98W)
First monarch of the season seen in mid-afternoon. It was the most "worn"
one I have ever seen. Its coloring was pale, the wing edges very ragged
and holes in the wings also. It only lit for one moment and then continued
on north.
March
27
Monticello, AR (34N, -92 W)
A rather faded monarch of unknown gender was seen nectaring on an azalea
flower at the local golf course.
26
de marzo Zuchil, Durango (24N, -104W)
A las tres y media de la tarde observé a 2 mariposas monarcas volando,
una con un ala rota. [Translation: At 3:30 in the afternoon I saw 2 monarch
butterflies flying, one with a broken wing.]
