Monarch Watch

A short PSA from Monarch Watch Director Chip Taylor, encouraging you to go see the "Flight of the Butterflies" IMAX film and then help monarch butterflies by planting some milkweed.

Over the last three weeks we have experienced wave after wave of butterflies migrating north from Texas. First it was red admirals, then painted ladies, then American painted ladies, followed by variegated fritillaries, da...

A White-lined Sphinx Moth (Hyles lineata) nectaring on Star Flower (Pentas lanceolata) in Monarch Waystation #1 (Monarch Watch HQ in Lawrence, KS).

Ann and I wrapped up our annual 19-day "workweek" today and decided to take the Monarch Watch Crew bowling...I think a good time was had by all :-) ~Jim

A swarm of several thousand honeybees settled into a bait hive outside of Monarch Watch HQ on June 6, 2011...

A swarm of several thousand honeybees settled in a tree outside of Monarch Watch HQ on April 11, 2011 - they're not our bees (at least not the bees we have in our building) so we're not sure where they came from :-)

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Serendipity = making fortunate discoveries. Occasionally, there is a little serendipity in the lab. One Friday, a few weeks ago, I noticed an unusual larva, a fourth instar of a "black" larval mutation we are studying. Th...

Monarch Watch Director Chip Taylor teaches a crowd how to capture, handle, and tag monarch butterflies at Monarch Watch's 2010 Fall Open House Event.

A "cascade" of monarch butterflies at an overwintering site in Mexico - an incredible sight!