Date: 09/09/2005

Number: 1

They were in a tree in our shelter belt and as I approached a huge cloud of them arose and flew abour for a while. . A few days later I saw another group of them in another tree in the yard. They also arose and flew about for a while before settling back onto leaves of the tree.
Also there have been a lot of Monarchs just flying around in the yard.
The Mitchell, S.D. Daily Republic newspaper had a brief article about the fact that they were all over Mitchel this year. I do not recall seeing Monarchs in Fulton or Mitchell in great quantities like this ever before. Every summer we see a few of course.
The weather has been very dry and windy for the past two weeks. Perhaps the butterflys were just resting from the strong winds.

Fulton, SD

Latitude: 43.8 Longitude: -97.9

Observed by: LaVon
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