Date: 09/14/2016

Number: 1

Exciting sighting! Becky in Nibley, UT, collects monarch caterpillars from her yard and releases them when they become a butterfly.

On September 1 she tagged AN104, a freshly eclosed male monarch, and let him fly.

Last Wednesday, September 14, Eli was taking photos of monarchs at Ouray National Wildlife Refuge in northeastern Utah and spotted AN104 - and he was part of a mating pair! AN104 flew approximately 152 miles southeast.

Thank you both, Becky and Eli, for your great work! (Tagging in UT is new this year - keep an eye out for tagged monarchs!)

Courtesy of Southwest Monarch Study

Ouray National Wildlife Refuge, UT

Latitude: 40.1 Longitude: -109.6

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