Date: 09/15/2016

Number: 1

Today, 9/15, I released 1 captive-reared male Monarch butterfly. This is the last of 8 butterflies I have captive-reared and released throughout the summer. Final total is 50/50 split males/females I believe. He is a very healthy, vibrant male monarch. I left him to rest on a goldenrod bloom in a field of wildflowers teeming with multiple other pollinators such as honey bees, bumblebees, carpenter bees, viceroy butterflies, and even spotted a few other monarchs that flew in to nectar on the goldenrod. I hope he makes it all the way to Mexico with the others I have released.

Holland, MI

Latitude: 42.8 Longitude: -86.1

Observed by: Benjamin
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