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Summer Solstice, Pollinator Week, and Some Hopeful Monarch Butterfly News
Pollinator week is here (June 16 – 22), the Summer Solstice arrives this Saturday and Dr. Chip Taylor of Monarch Watch is bullish on Monarchs this season. Taylor has been updating the DPLEX list of...
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2014 Monarch Butterfly Migration: Worst in History or a Hopeful Rebound?
Moth week is behind us and next up on the pollinator calendar is the Monarch butterfly migration. The storied insects start moving south on their 3,000-mile fall migration from Canada to Mexico around...
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Llano River Ready for "Premigration Migration" of Monarch Butterflies
Email lists have been filled with optimistic reports on the Monarch migration in recent weeks. We’re feeling hopeful of a rebound. Folks from Canada to Pennsylvania sang a buoyant chorus: more...
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How to Track the Monarch Butterfly Migration from your Desk
Monika, ….I would love to see the migration at the Llano River. We have a 5th wheel [travel trailer] and have camped at the KOA on the Llano River in Junction, Texas…. Is this the area where we would...
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How to tag a Monarch butterfly in six easy steps
NOTE: The following post ran in September of 2012, but warrants reposting today. Happy tagging! One of the most common questions we get at the Texas Butterfly Ranch is how the heck do you tag a...
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Monarch butterflies heading our way, but not as many as we hoped
Monarch butterflies are heading our way, but their numbers are likely to be down this year. Climate change–combined with habitat loss and other threats–dealt a heavy blow to the population, which...
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Butterfly bonanza: Monarch tagged in Oklahoma netted on Llano River in Texas
A male Monarch butterfly, tag number WMX658, paused Saturday morning October 1 around 11 AM on a fresh Frostweed bloom along the Llano River. Netted and retrieved, the faded Monarch was photographed,...
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Pollinator plants and family fun at Monarch Watch Spring Open House
LAWRENCE, KANSAS — Carol Rooker and Marilyn Harnisch drove in from Baldwin just 12 miles away to attend the Monarch Watch Annual Spring Open House and Fundraiser Plant Sale on Saturday. The women are...
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Caterpillar Condos tap monarch butterfly migration for kids’ hands-on nature...
San Antonio area 1st-4th graders will be able to tap the monarch butterfly migration for a hands-on learning experience this fall as 75 “Caterpillar Condos” make their way to Title I educators in the...
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Ten years later, the classic “Flight of the Butterflies” to screen at the...
The classic IMAX film, “Flight of the Butterflies,” returns for public viewing at the Witte Museum in San Antonio this Saturday, October 15, as part of the 7th annual Monarch Butterfly and Pollinator...
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