Monarch Project 2008-2009

What is the Monarch project?

We kicked off the year by examining the life cycle of Monarch butterflies by raising them in the classroom, while following, observing and recording each stage of the metamorphosis from a microscopic egg, through the larval, pupal and finally butterfly stages of life.  During the months of September and October we tagged and released Monarch butterflies in conjunction with the University of Kansas Etymology Department's Monarch tagging program.  We will also follow the trans-continental migration via the web as the Monarchs leave their summer homes way up in the northern Provinces of Canada, migrate down along the east coast through New Jersey on their way to their final overwintering sites in the Monarch Sanctuaries of Sierra Chincua, El Rosario and Pelon, high up in the Trans-Volcanic range in the central Mexican State of Michoacan.

Check out the October 10th article in the Randolph Reporter about our "Chilly Final Monarch Release"

Here are some pictures of this year's Monarch Project.

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