Monarch First Arrivals Picking Up

Monarch watchers in the eastern United States eagerly anticipate the arrival of monarch butterflies, while their counterparts in the western half of the country observe monarchs navigating through a series of weather-related challenges on their journey. Find out more by reading this news update. Keep contributing your monarch and milkweed observations to Journey North, and don’t forget to include photos! Some researchers rely on visual documentation to accept your reports. Your images can make a significant difference.