I’m on the monarch migration path and had wild milkweeds with monarch butterflies for a few years but the last 2-3 years oleander aphids exploded in population and I’ve seen a single caterpillar since.
Are there ways to mitigate that while not killing the monarchs or am I just shit out of luck?
It’s amazing that they can cross Lake Michigan without stopping. It looks like 60-70 miles. What a cool project.
The site looks like it got hugged to death.
I’m on the monarch migration path and had wild milkweeds with monarch butterflies for a few years but the last 2-3 years oleander aphids exploded in population and I’ve seen a single caterpillar since.
Are there ways to mitigate that while not killing the monarchs or am I just shit out of luck?
I've replaced the top link with a different URL that's currently responding, and moved the submitted URL (https://blog.cwf-fcf.org/index.php/en/tiny-tracking-tags-for...) to the toptext. Thanks!
A lot comes up when you search for the BluMorpho tags. Some random links:
https://celltracktech.com/pages/blumorpho
https://monarchresearch.org/news-and-events/monarch-research...
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/track-monarch-b...
https://www.opb.org/article/2026/09/21/pacific-northwest-mon...
A little pdf guide: https://westernmonarchcount.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/M...
Looks like there is an app you can download too that can do stuff like scanning for tags nearby.
I've moved some of those links to the toptext. Thanks!