What happened to the monarch caterpillars?
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September 1, 2021
As Mission Monarch coordinator, I’m often asked: So where are the monarch caterpillars? We had a bunch on our milkweed plants a few days ago – but...Read more
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Monarchs don’t much care for heavy metal!
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July 7, 2021
Heavy metals are found naturally in the Earth’s crust. However, human activity stirs up an important amount of these metals into the environment...Read more
How to create a monarch habitat
English
May 26, 2021
These days a lot of us are searching through nurseries and garden centers to prepare a piece of green paradise for the months ahead. Some gardens are...Read more
Monarchs know how to take care of themselves
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February 24, 2021
Living organisms are constantly confronted by a broad diversity of parasites of every sort. The last several months have shown us that we humans are...Read more
Time to get at your milkweed seeds!
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October 14, 2020
The days are growing increasingly shorter and the nights cooler and cooler: autumn is really and truly here. For some people, that means beautiful...Read more
Getting a better understanding of the monarch’s spring migration
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August 19, 2020
A number of people have contacted us over the summer to ask how the monarch population is doing. Some of them mention that they’ve come across very...Read more
Monarchs and milkweed, a complex relationship
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July 1, 2020
The monarch butterfly depends on milkweed to survive, the plant being the caterpillars’ only food source. It’s a system that seems really simple ‒...Read more
A summer searching for monarchs and milkweed
English
May 15, 2020
Community science programs are of great importance for research in conservation, especially in the case of the monarch butterfly. Nevertheless, it is...Read more
What’s going on out west?
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February 26, 2020
When we talk about the monarch butterfly, we’re generally referring to the “eastern population,” which stretches, in Canada, from the eastern Rockies...Read more
When monarchs roost
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October 9, 2019
It’s autumn, and monarchs are gradually heading south. During their migration they make stops, sometimes in large numbers. Let’s take a look at the...Read more
