Update Returning Monarchs in Poor Condition Journey North

In over 20 years of tracking spring migration, we have never seen so many monarchs in Texas with such severely damaged wings. Presumably survivors of the March storm in Mexico, these tattered butterflies flew hundreds of miles to their breeding grounds. Thanks to the images people have contributed, we can document this amazing feat.

Monarch Butterfly with Wing Damage   Monarch Butterfly with Wing Damage

April 23, 2016 in Driftwood, Texas
Chuck Patterson

"Boy oh boy...this brave soldier has had an amazing journey this season. I saw him spending his final days in a thistle field nectaring on the hundreds of purple thistle blooming there. Simply incredible....what a trooper!!"

  April 19, 2016 in Glen Rose, Texas
Gregg Lee
     
Monarch Butterfly with Wing Damage   Monarch Butterfly with Wing Damage
April 15, 2016 in Cypress, Texas
Donna Del Rio
  April 17, 2016 in Montgomery, Texas
Kathy Metzger
 
Monarch Butterfly with Wing Damage   Monarch Butterfly with Wing Damage
April 15, 2016 in Montgomery, Texas
Kathy Metzger
  April 2, 2016 in Driftwood, Texas
Chuck Patterson
     
Monarch Butterfly with Wing Damage   Monarch Butterfly with Wing Damage
April 6, 2016 in Montgomery, Texas
Kathy Metzger
  April 12, 2016 in Crosby, Texas
Julie Wiggins

 

 

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