Date: 09/24/2017

Number: 90

They were hanging out near the creek bottoms

Konza Prairie is 8,600 acres with bisecting gravel roads. I took one of my program volunteers for a ride on the gravel roads aboard a Kubota ATV on Sunday, Sept. 24th to see the butterflies. We saw upwards to 50 Monarchs at the bottoms of the hills near the creek (Kings Creek) and another scattered 20 - 30 in other low-lying places of the prairie. There were others - perhaps 5 - 10 - flying in the upland areas but far more in the lowlands and out of the wind. It was 10:30 am. The monarchs were roosting, not nectaring. Weather conditions were 75 deg. F, slight breeze, scattered clouds - a very pleasant day.

Manhattan, KS

Latitude: 39.1 Longitude: -96.6

Observed by: Jill
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