Just a quick note to mention that the 1st Monarch of 2009 has been spotted at Shawnee Prairie Preserve! This individual must have made use of recent weather patterns to get here in time for June 1st. (Not the best of photos, but only had my cellphone on me at the time...)
Be sure to stop in the Nature Center later this summer to check out our Monarch rearing work-station. Here we'll raise young monarchs from egg to caterpillar to adult.
Once they complete their metamorphosis, changing from caterpillar into their adult form, we'll carefully apply a sticker 'tag' to them for study through Monarch Watch's website. Stay tuned for more info on this neat project!
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