Monarch Health

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Happy Earth Day! 🌎
Today is a reminder to care for it, everyday.

📣Calling all monarch butterfly enthusiasts— the GA DNR needs your help!📣

Monarch sightings during the winter can determine if the species can overwinter as non-breeding adults in the southern U.S. and how this might affect future population numbers.

Understanding migration and overwintering behavior is crucial to conserving monarchs, who are up for a spot on the Endangered Species list.

Thousands of monarch butterflies fly South each fall to overwinter in central Mexico— but not all monarchs.

If you spot a monarch in any stage (adult, egg, larval, and pupal) from November to March in the Southeast United States, please report it through Journey North or iNaturalist.🚨🦋

🔗Link to DNR press release:https://gadnr.org/winter-watch-project-seeks-monarch-sightings-southeast-1

Want to track a monarch? 🦋

Well now you can thanks to ultra-light transmitters developed by Cellular Tracking Technologies!
This incredible new technology will help researchers better understand monarch migration and conservation. Monarch tracking isn’t just for researchers, either. You can download the Project Monarch Science app on your smartphone too! 📲📍

Sources:
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/17/science/monarch-butterfly-migration-tracking-sensor.html
https://bit.ly/ProjectMonarchCollabPhotos
https://celltracktech.com/pages/project-monarch-collaboration-2025
https://monarchjointventure.org/blog/revolutionary-tracking-study-follows-monarchs