Date: 09/23/2015

Number: 300

Monarch butterflies were first sighted in a couple of trees (one cedar and the other unknown) in the yard of a vacant neighboring house. They were sighted there again on Thursday, Sept. 24. There seemed to be several hundred of them. My husband saw butterflies there this morning, Friday 25th, but by late this afternoon there were only a couple of dozen or so remaining in the area. The night time temperatures have been in the upper 60's.

the butterflies would have been sheltered from the wind. Although for KS it has been "calm" (not much wind) the past few days. There are several trees close together forming a "T" shape, and these butterflies were on the north side in the crux of where the "T" meets. They were mostly roosting in a cedar tree, another tree that I have yet to identify, and some were in a walnut tree.

Editor’s note: Observer confirmed 9/23 is the night the roost formed.

Anthony, KS

Latitude: 37.1 Longitude: -98

Observed by: Janice
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