Date: 09/16/2020

Number: 1000

Hundreds, if not thousands of butterfly in my trees. The clusters I could make out look like at least 20 in a cluster. Maybe more. When my husband pulled in the driveway it caused the butterflies on the west side to swarm and there was a thick swarm of butterflies.

I don’t know if they were there before 9/16/20 - I was not home. I haven’t seen them since.

We live in a rural area surrounded by crops but we do maintain 5 acres and leave all milkweed and wild flowers grow. The trees are mostly oak and hickory.

This is a picture of the trees that were covered in butterflies. I didn’t have my phone with me and didn’t want to miss the sight running after my phone.

Editor’s Note: We are estimating a minimum of 1000 monarchs based on observer’s description of “hundreds, if not thousands” and are marking this record as a JN staff estimate

Hebron, IN

Latitude: 41.3 Longitude: -87.2

Observed by: Julie
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