Date: 03/30/1997

Number: 1

We are fourth grade students at Cary Elementary School and we have spotted monarchs. Cary Elementary is in Cary, NC. We began sighting monarchs on Monday, March 30 while we were on vacation. Here is a list of places where we have seen monarchs: in a garden at home, in the grass at home, on a tree limb, on a pole outside the movie theater, in a patch of clover, on the playground at school on the edge of the fence, on the ground at Bond Park, in the trees in Charlotte, NC, at a soccer game flying around, at the NC Zoo in Asheboro at an outdoor butterfly exhibit, on the roof of a house, at Myrtle Beach, SC near an arcade, near Garden City, SC, and on a flower. Some of the monarchs we observed were damaged. Some had clipped wings, possibly from stormy weather. Some had scales missing and the wing looked clear. One was missing a whole side of wings. One had an antenna missing. However, most of the butterflies were in very good condition considering how far they have t

Cary, NC

Latitude: 35.8 Longitude: -78.8

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