Migration Update: ROOSTING Report❣️

a LATE Comeback for Monarchs in Unseasonably Warm Weather?

September 14, 2024

Greetings Monarch Raiser,

it’s Friday the 13th🔪 and our cold Minnesota Fall has yet to scare off the monarchs! In fact, today it’s going to be an August-worthy 85°F…

I saw 6 monarchs stocking up on nectar yesterday, which is the most I’ve seen (at one time) in the garden this season. I’ve heard reports of more butterflies north of us too, which means a larger group of migrators could still flutter through.

I’m still concerned (based on reporting) numbers will be low this season, but if unseasonably warm weather continues, an extra generation could still have time to reach their migration destination this fall.🤞

Check out this large group of migrators that came through our old garden in fall of 2022 feasting on:

It's now mid-September and many of you are still raising your migration generation butterflies…including 3 chrysalides outside on our deck!

If you've gone through the all raise the migration info, and released your final butterflies for 2024, please check out the following info...

Raise The Migration 2024- Share Your Experience! ✍️

This is an opportunity to post what you've learned, what raising challenges you faced, and anything new you'll be doing to improve your raising process in 2025.

You can fill out the comment box at the bottom of the linked page below.

Please do not post questions in the comment box as blog comments are not a good platform for ongoing discussions. This is specifically to share your 2024 raising experience including any helpful tips you think will benefit others in the community. Thanks in advance for sharing! 😊

You can share your experience here:

Share YOUR 2024 Raising Results and Experience ⬅️ (5 reasons we prefer raising INDOORS + Updates)

Remember, if you've missed any of the posts on raising monarchs through the butterfly life cycle you can catch up here:

Coming Soon?

In the next couple weeks I will be adding my final results to the Share Your Experience post and also getting back to the garden with helpful info on our favorite planting season for perennials...FALL! 🍂

Until then,

Happy Raising 🌿🐛🦋🙌

Tony your Butterfly Guide