Monarchs

Suggested Resources

Use these resources for learning with your family and friends -- and while creating your Youth Voice presentation pieces!

OVERVIEW
"The Monarch Butterfly is in trouble," US Fish and Wildlife Service
National Pollinator Week, June 22-28, 2020, US Fish and Wildlife Service
About Monarchs: Monarch Joint Venture
MSU Pollinator Initiative Pollinator Champions, Native Bees, and more!
Monarchs and Milkweeds 101 Video from MSU ReGrow Milkweed

LIFE CYCLE and REARING MONARCHS
Monarch Watch: Biology
Monarch Watch: Rearing Monarchs

MIGRATION
Monarch Watch: Migration and Tagging
Peak Migration Dates in your area

MILKWEED and MONARCH HABITAT GARDENS
Growing milkweeds for monarch butterflies, MSU
Plant Milkweed for Monarchs, Monarch Joint Venture
Gardening for Monarchs, Monarch Joint Venture
Monarch Waystation Program
Million Pollinator Garden Movement
Common Milkweed
Swamp Milkweed
Butterfly Weed

CITIZEN SCIENCE
Monarch Watch tagging effort: Tag, release and record Monarch data as they migrate through your yard!
Journey North Track migration and seasons of many species, such as the Monarch butterfly
Project Monarch Health: Join UGA in a study this Monarch parasite study
MSU ReGrow Milkweed Project Help MSU test ways to improve habitat for Monarch butterflies
Links to many Cit Sci projects across the nation, from Monarch Joint Venture