This Week's Update Includes:

• News: Riding the South Wind
• Slideshow: Out of the Chrysalis
• The Migration: Maps and Journal
• Evaluation: Please share your thoughts!
  

• Forty-five sightings were reported, over 10% of this season's total.
• The leading edge of the migration advanced 120 miles northward, from latitude 42.7˚N to 44.7˚N.

During the past week:

• Monarchs entered three new states and provinces: Maine, Connecticut and Manitoba.
• The northernmost monarch was reported on Tuesday at latitude 50˚N in Manitoba!

Sightings Still Low
Even though sightings soared at the end of May, only 400 monarchs have been reported this year compared to about 800 sightings in past years at this time.

"Will this be a lean year for monarchs followed by another low overwintering population?" asks Dr. Chip Taylor of Monarch Watch. "Monarchs are off to a slow start with the number moving north in May, as indicated by first sightings reported to Journey North, an all time low. The first sightings reported to Journey North have been particularly useful in helping us understand the dynamics of the spring migration."

• Full Article

• Out of the Chrysalis

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