14 October 2025
In Case You Missed It
Two weeks in the past a monarch butterfly with a damaged wing was delivered to Sweetbriar Nature Middle on Lengthy Island the place they’ve a butterfly home (vivarium) with all kinds of species. The injured monarch couldn’t fly and would certainly die however the Nature Middle’s Wildlife Rehabilitation Director, Janine Bendicksen, looked for a useless monarch butterfly within the vivarium and carried out a wing transplant.
The affected person is a member of the migratory brood who journey to Mexico to spend the winter. With out the transplant she may by no means resume her journey.
Flying solo, she is now touring 50-100 miles a day and resting at night time at communal roosts.
Journey North tracks monarch butterfly fall roosts on their web site. Click on right here or on the screenshot under to see the map and play the animation because the roosts change by means of time.
NOTE: The absence of roosting spots within the jap U.S. doesn’t essentially imply they don’t exist. It could imply these roosts usually are not as noticeable within the forest in comparison with the Plains or that nobody is reporting on them.
