Published: 04/20/2022
Dear Western Monarch Friends,
April’s sightings are now tracking monarch movement both east and north, as their range expands through both California and Arizona. With sightings now on the western side of the Sierra Nevada mountain range, how soon will they appear in Nevada?
Stop-and-Go Progress
In Mexico, Estela Romero and Ana and Pato Moreno provide the latest updates on monarch departures. Farther north, how is fluctuating spring weather impacting the leading edge of migration? And in the Western U.S., Gail Morris notes more sightings of monarch eggs and larvae and highlights important research on California milkweed.
In Mexico, Estela Romero and Ana and Pato Moreno provide the latest updates on monarch departures. Farther north, how is fluctuating spring weather impacting the leading edge of migration? And in the Western U.S., Gail Morris notes more sightings of monarch eggs and larvae and highlights important research on California milkweed.
Published: 04/06/2022
Migrating Monarchs
Reports are picking up in northeast Texas and Oklahoma. The leading edge of migration ( around latitude 36°N) is ever so slightly behind where it was at this same time last year. The northernmost report is from Bluff City, Kansas. Farther east, monarchs are making their way up through the Carolinas.