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A monarch caterpillar looking out over the edge of a leaf
Quebec joins the club, caterpillar reports filling in
20 June 2025

Quebec joins the club, caterpillar reports filling in

June 20, 2025

Reports of monarch larvae are inching northward.

Our northernmost report of a caterpillar comes from Thunder Bay, Ontario, on June 18 at latitude 48.4, and we’ve received our first reports of larvae from South Dakota and North Dakota over the past two weeks as well.

Migration News Spring 2025

Watch the season’s story unfold.

A blue sky behind fir trees containing clusters of monarchs

January 28, 2025

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Monarch caterpillars in southern states, Western Monarch Count results

A monarch butterfly clings to a leaf

February 6, 2025

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A 'very strange year'

Monarchs line both sides of a stream in Mexico's El Rosario Sanctuary

February 12, 2025

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El Rosario colony leaves visitors speechless

A map displaying the first arrivals of monarch butterflies in each state in 2024

February 18, 2025

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When will the monarchs arrive?

Graph showing overwintering monarchs in Mexico by year from 1993 to 2024

March 6, 2025

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Eastern monarch population count announced

Two monarch butterflies on a Canary Island date palm

March 12, 2025

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Monarch sightings pick up in Texas after departure from Mexico

Hundreds of monarch butterflies in front of a blue sky

March 17, 2025

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Charting a new path: Journey North migrating to Monarch Joint Venture

A U.S. Drought Monitor map showing drought levels in Texas

March 19, 2025

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Monarch movement along the Gulf, much of Texas in a drought

A monarch butterfly on a milkweed plant with a sidewalk behind it

March 27, 2025

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Last of El Rosario's colony leaves for the season

A monarch butterfly on a short milkweed stem

April 2, 2025

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Monarch movement held to Oklahoma border as we wait for milkweed

A green monarch chrysalis

April 10, 2025

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Field reports from California, Arizona

Monarch eggs photographed from above on a short milkweed plant

April 16, 2025

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Eggs in Missouri and Kansas, first adults in Illinois and Virginia

A black monarch chrysalis hangs from a plant

April 26, 2025

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Surprising number of monarchs in Arizona's lower deserts

A male monarch butterfly up against a green leaf, with two small flowers to the left

April 30, 2025

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Early arrivals are the talk of the town

A monarch butterfly on a white/yellow flower

May 14, 2025

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Monarch migration reaches Michigan, New York, and more

A close-up photo of a monarch egg on a leaf

May 28, 2025

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Maine, Manitoba, and more!

A monarch caterpillar tucked into a milkweed plant

June 4, 2025

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All about the larvae

A monarch butterfly on a flowering plant with a branch nearby

June 12, 2025

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Some western sightings provide ‘beacon of hope’

A monarch caterpillar looking out over the edge of a leaf

June 20, 2025

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Quebec joins the club, caterpillar reports filling in

Previous Season – Fall 2024
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