Date # Seen Place
May 11 5 Parsonburg, Maryland May 11 4 Arnold, Missouri May 10 4 North Salt Lake, Utah May 7 1 Broomfield, Colorado May 6 1 Phoenix, Arizona May 6 1 Witchita, Kansas May 6 3 Elkhart, Indiana May 6 1 Louisville, Kentucky May 5 2 Raleigh, North Carolina May 5 3 Salem, Oregon May 5 1 Los Osos, California
Hi! I'm Jessie, and I work in a big office building in Philadelphia. I just want to encourage all you city-dwellers to keep an eye out for our friends. Every year monarchs float past our windows, from as high as nine stories sup. We're only a few blocks from the Delaware River, and each time they are definitely heading south (in the fall). One other writer thought he saw this year's butterflies following a river; could this be possible?
May 11
Hello! I was home from school today (in Parsonburg, Maryland). It was sunny & 75 degrees outside. I saw 5 monarch butterflies. One kept coming back to sit on top of the wooden handle on our charcoal grill. We put some water in a frisbee for the butterfly but did not see the butterfly take a drink. Happy monarch watching!! Your friend, Bobby Walczak
May 6
I saw one at school, during archery class. It flew right by me. It was so pretty. It was hot that day (in Phoenix, Arizona).
May 6
At my school there are tons of monarch butterflies & monarch butterfly eggs. One of the classes at my school is raising monarchs--they are tagging them with special stickers given to them by a scientist who is also researching monarchs. The other day I saw one being born! Amanda Wood Sunnyvale, Texas
May 1
Monarchs were sighted on the west coast of the big island of Hawaii, Sunday, May 1st, while sitting on the beach. The poor thing got blown a bit off course. This is not the first time that I have seen monarchs on this side of the island. I wonder if these are from the same migration. A. J. Molchan Puaka, Hawaii
How Far North Will the Monarchs Travel? Remember to send your answers to these questions:
1) What latitude is the northern limit of the monarch butterfly's range? 2) What factors do you think would make this true?
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