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Monarch Butterfly Migration Tracking Toward West Texas with Nectar Stops...

Monarch butterfly migration update: they're here! Massing in West Texas and nectaring along the Llano River in the Texas Hill Country. Who would imagine they would gravitate to the most parched part of...

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On the Llano River: Assessing Texas Drought and Chasing Monarch Butterflies...

Famed Monarch butterfly scientist Dr. Lincoln Brower treks to Texas to gather butterflies for a study looking at the impact of the Texas drought on the Monarch butterfly migration. We were there on the...

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Hola Mariposa Monarca! Migration Update: Monarch Butterflies Arrive in...

Monarch butterflies are arriving in Northern Mexico and should arrive soon at their ancestral roosts in the mountains of Michoacan. A cold front in Texas should give them a boost as they ride the wave...

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State of the Monarch Butterfly Migration in Two Minutes, thanks to Mike Quinn...

Austin entomologist MIke Quinn sums up the the State of the Union of the Monarch butterfly migration in two minutes.

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Fiesta Fatigue? Head for Wings Over the Hills Nature Festival in...

Tired of Fiesta? Do like me and head for the Wings Over the Hills Nature Festival in Fredericksburg this weekend. I'll be talking butterflies, but bats, dragonflies and birds will be discussed and...

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Could 2012 be the Worst Year in Monarch Butterfly Migration History?

We're afraid to say it and hope we're wrong: after a promising start, 2012 looks like it could be the worst year in Monarch butterfly migration history.

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Chasing Monarch Butterflies on the Llano River with Monarch Watch Founder Dr....

Monarch Watch founder Dr. Chip Taylor visited Texas recently and we had the chance to show off the Llano River and the Texas Hill Country. Monarch butterfly roosts were spotted and several were...

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Winds from the South Stall Migrating Monarch Butterflies on the Llano River...

Monarch butterflies on the Llano River were stymied in their migration as south winds kept them in place, holding tight onto pecan tree branches.

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Late Season Caterpillar Quandary and Frostweed Ice Sculptures, Signals of...

First frost often means the end of the season for butterflies, and a new beginning for butterfly magnet plant, Frostweed, which forms intriguing ice sculputres. And: should you bring a late season...

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Persnickety Texas Milkweeds “May Not Lend Themselves to Mass Seed Production”

Persnickety Texas native milkweeds even vex the experts at Native American Seed Company. The Monarch butterfly host plants are famously difficult to propagate.

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Monarch Tagged With Dr. Lincoln Brower in 2011 Texas Drought Recovered at El...

Are these insects resilient or what? A Monarch tagged with Dr. Lincoln Brower in the drought of 2011 in the Texas Hill Country was recently recovered in Michoacan and reported to Monarch Watch.

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“Squish remorse”— Genista Larvae on Mountain Laurels Create Caterpillar Quandary

A mega hatch of Genista larvae on transplanted Texas Mountain Laurels along the Llano River created an uncomfortable “caterpillar quandary” for me last weekend. It was an odd day, digging up wild...

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Monarch caterpillar Lil Joe Hatches from Eggs Retrieved from Llano River

Sometimes a blackhead is a good thing….when it signals the imminent hatching of a Queen or Monarch butterfly caterpillar, for example. Labor Day usually marks the kick-off of Monarch tagging season for...

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On the Llano River: Caterpillars Galore, but not Many Monarch Butterflies...

It was a caterpillar - palooza on the Llano River in the Texas Hill Country this weekend. Monarch caterpillars everywhere. Although other butterflies were prevalent, we didn't see many Monarchs...

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Monarch Butterfly Migration Update: Llano River Thunderstorms Don’t Deter...

What a perfect weekend:  friends and family gathered to assist in my annual Monarch Birthday Tagging weekend.  Lucky me, my October 13 birthday falls smack dab in the middle of peak migration,...

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Thanks, Climate Change! Llano River 9.5-inch Rain Exemplifies Extreme Weather

Drought one minute, deluge the next. A massive rain of 9.5 inches on the Llano River in the Texas Hill Country illustrates "extreme weather" events likely to become more common. Thanks, climate change!

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On the Llano River: Ready for Monarch Butterfly Migration

As Monarch butterflies begin their southward migration, the Llano River in the Texas Hill Country awaits their arrival with ample Goldenrod an Swamp milkweed to fuel their journey.

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Monarch Butterfly EGGstravaganza on the Llano River as Migration Heads South

We’re hearing positive reports from further north about the Monarch butterfly migration. Masses of Monarchs look to be in the Midwest right now, according to dispatches from the DPLEX list, the Monarch...

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