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Last Sightings
Observers in Texas continued to report butterflies of the overwintering generation this week. During May, sightings become fewer and fewer in the south as temperatures climb and milkweed senesces. Monarchs leave the south and move into their northern habitat to find suitable breeding conditions.

Chuck Patterson     Driftwood, Texas     May 2, 2015
Monarch Butterflies at Sanctuary in Mexico