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Thirsty monarchs drink dew (melted frost).
Later in the morning, in the same area, we found several thousand monarchs drinking dew. The sun's rays had fallen on the frosted ground vegetation and the frost had melted into dew. The monarchs flew out of the overwintering colony to drink the dew drops.

Thirsty monarch butterflies drinking dew

Photo ©Lincoln Brower, Sweet Briar College