Help Monarchs with the Right Milkweeds

Asclepias syriaca, "common milkweed"

What is it about the Monarch butterfly that inspires such admiration? Is it their striking orange and black coloring? The polka-dotted black wing band? The elegant, upward sweep of their wing structure, so symbolic of their royal name? Or is it the utterly incredible feat of their multi-generational migration that can span of thousands of [...]

1st Monarch, April 16th

Monarch Waystation discovered on April 16 th !

As spring unfolds it is always a special day when the first Monarch appears.  Journey North tracks the first milkweed emerged, Monarch, egg, caterpillar, and chrysalis. In southern New Jersey our first Monarchs are the children of those that overwintered in Mexico. Generations are leapfrogging north to repopulate the eastern United States and southern Canada. [...]

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