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The Monarch Monitoring Project (MMP), established in 1990, is a research and education program focusing on the fall migration of monarch butterflies along the Atlantic coast. For over three decades, the MMP has gathered data on monarchs moving through Cape May during September, October, and now November.
25 cze 2024 · Here, we investigate a dispersal event by a flock of painted lady butterflies, Vanessa cardui, found on the Atlantic coast of South America (French Guiana), outside their native range. Three of...
1 lip 2024 · Scientists have now found evidence that a group of the winged travelers flew over 2,600 miles (about 4,200 kilometers) across the Atlantic Ocean without stopping, according to a new study...
8 wrz 2022 · Throughout September and October, MMP observers conduct a monarch census, taking butterfly counts along a five-mile route crossing various coastal habitats. The annual census allows scientists to track long-term changes in monarch numbers.
25 cze 2024 · How did these two-inch, seemingly fragile insects arrive on a coast thousands of miles away from their home, outside their known migration route?
3 lip 2024 · Painted lady butterflies are flying more than 2,600 miles over the Atlantic Ocean without stopping, one of the longest recorded journeys ever taken by a flying insect.
Easily attracted to gardens with flowers such as milkweed, Butterfly Bush, Purple Coneflower, Mistflower, sedum, and asters. Flight Period: Early April into December but mainly June to October. Extreme dates: North Jersey 4/5—12/22; South Jersey 4/8—12/19.
