California Beaches Blog » Blog Archive » Monarch Butterflies Excel ... By Beach Reporter Monarchs butterflies take care of themselves, right? Not so, says...
In the past three days or so, there have been a number of posts from very capable lepidopterists reporting from the following locations in Arizona: White...
Letter just received: Hi Don. Thank you for the update on Monarch numbers. I thought that you might be interested in my observation that while traveling...
... Chris, I think the monarchs are reproducing at low to moderate elevations (under 5,500 feet) in Arizona in April - June. Example: on April 9, 1988 when...
Paul, I have noticed that the butterflies that I hand raise are much more friendly and don’t fly off as readily as the wild ones. It not flying off, could...
Hi Group, Yesterday, July 15th, my wife and I were photographing butterflies in Northeastern California. Just east of the town of Adin, in Modoc County we saw...
Oh .. I see.. thanks _____ From: western_monarchs@yahoogroups.com [mailto:western_monarchs@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Paul Cherubini Sent: Thursday, July...
Hi, all: I am looking forward to to providing financial support for Monarch season 2009-2010 for Monterey County, California through the MONARCH ALERT Program...
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Jul 18, 2009 11:09 pm
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Helen, Can you tell me how I can help? I have no money, and very little time. Can't get very far from here. I am putting on workshops with the Girl Scouts and...
Hi Helen and all "No idea will be discarded until it doesn't work?" Well, here goes. But firstly, we have EXACTLY the same problem here in NZ. Population 4.5...
Hi, MaryAnn: I am in awe with what you are already doing, what with a very active work life as well. I am just so proud of how our little"splinter group" with...
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Jul 19, 2009 1:40 am
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... Helen, Joe Billings of Vail, Arizona is the only person I can think of that has the time, physical ability and specialized know how to locate and tag...
Hi, Paul Cherubini: I wish I could say I was ready to write more checks immediately to support the priceless Monarch interests and efforts of Joe Billings and...
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Jul 19, 2009 7:57 am
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... Yes. In the Spring you have very roughly 100,000 - 150,000 monarchs dispersing over 165,000 square miles of California land = approximately 1-2...
Hi Tama and Jack: So why don't we order flourescent tags for this season, since they haven't been ordered yet, and how about 4000 so that we can share our tags...
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Jul 19, 2009 5:33 pm
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Hi. Jackie Knight of New Zealand; You are really HOT, and that is really a great idea!!! Helen Johnson le;ed----- Original Message ----- From: Jacqui Knight ...
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Jul 19, 2009 5:54 pm
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... You may be able to spray paint your existing white Monarch Alert tags using an aerosol can of flourescent red marking paint available from Walmart, etc....
"HAPPY TRAILS" to Bishop, Paul: Can't a WHITE or SILVER tag be flourescent, as more of a contrast to Monarch butterfly wing color rather than RED? Helen ... ...
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Jul 19, 2009 6:23 pm
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... I've never heard of flourescent white or silver paint. Highway department workers always wear flourescent red-orange safety vests or flourescent...
Hi all, Â I have not been following this conversation real closely but I did want to post something that sort of relates. Â We had several of our blue tags...
You can get Fluorescent white paint. I use it on my Horse Drawn Carriages and Wagons for night time visibility. _____ From: western_monarchs@yahoogroups.com ...
Hi, Chris Kline; Monarch Alert of Monterey County California is in the process of trying to make their tags more visible for this coming season, and Docent...
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Jul 21, 2009 6:14 pm
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Thanx, MaryAnn: Helen Johnson ... From: MaryAnn's Country To: western_monarchs@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, July 21, 2009 10:27 AM Subject: RE: Fw:...
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I tried a black Sharpie on the tag and the ink wouldn't stick to the tag. The original plan was to put a black outline around the edge of the tag. Some...
Hi, Chris Kline How about lab red grease pencils? or a red crayon? And I wonder if Nurseries know of any water resistant marker that they might use And, EXCUSE...
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Jul 21, 2009 8:18 pm
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I would think that finger nail polish would add enough weight to affect them in long distance migration. It may not seem like much to us.but some finger nail...
Hi. Mary Ann: I am just the AMATEUR suggester of the "What if's" in this tagging matter, and I have referred yours and my question to Chip Taylor. My personal...
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