Date: 08/22/2016

Number: 70

I tagged 40 monarchs in about 2 hours today from 3:30 to 5:30. All were fresh looking and brightly colored. 15 were netted while nectaring on Joe Pye Weed on the school prairie/waystation. Saw many more than that, but it was hard netting them on the Joe Pye Weed. The prairie was planted in August of 2010, and now supports monarch adults and larva. It is about one acre in size. The other 25 were tagged in a vacant field right across the street from the school. They were nectaring on the purple clover that grows in this field. I netted several that were roosting in a patch of trees in the middle of this field. It was quite windy, and they may have been seeking shelter from the wind.
Dan Everson
Shawano, Wisconsin

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Shawano, WI

Latitude: 44.8 Longitude: -88.6

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