Date: 09/14/2016

Number: 1

I released 1 very healthy captive-reared female monarch on 9/13 (posting on 9/14), around noon. Conditions were fair but not perfect for butterflies, slightly windy with overcast skies, but the weather cleared up later. She waited about 2.5 hours after eclosing before she flew up into the fir tree she is pictured in. I had to leave before she flew out of that tree for good, so I didn't actually see her leave for Mexico. I hope she made it off safely to find nectar from the surrounding goldenrod blooms, though it is always somewhat stressful when I don't see my captive-reared monarchs fly away safely, but I'm sure she did.

Holland, MI

Latitude: 42.8 Longitude: -86.1

Observed by: Benjamin
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