Date: 09/04/2015

Number: 40

Observed at BigBio prairie plots at Cedar Creek Ecosystem Science Reserve. So many!

We saw all 40 at the same time. They whirled around. A co-worker asked, "What do you call a tornado of monarchs? ...Must be a Monado!" The monarchs were feeding, but also moving around a lot. It was difficult to count, but we took turns getting between 35 - 45 individuals, so we made a best guess at about 40 monarchs.

We were visiting the Cedar Creek Ecosystem Science Reserve at the BigBio research site. This site includes a native prairie biodiversity study involving over 300 9m X 9m plots planted with prairie plants in 1, 2, 4, 8, 16, and 32 species.

Cedar creek ecosystem science reser, MN

Latitude: 45.4 Longitude: -93.3

Observed by: Josh
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