Monarch Vital Statistics

Monarch Vital Statistics Research Projects

Does the size of different summer breeding generations of monarchs vary?
Sonia Altizer, Karen Oberhauser, and Michelle Prysby

University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN
Monarch Butterfly Wing Patterns
Kayla G. Schiltgen

Migratory and Overwintering Monarchs
David Astin, Jayme Eggum, and Pete Jamrogiewiez; Jane Borland, Trey Crumpton, and Wendy Allen; Carol Johnson, Markisha Thomas, and Isaac Jemal, and University of Minnesota researchers Sonia Altizer, Karen Oberhauser, Michelle Prysby, Liz Goehring, and Michelle Solensky

Wayzata HS, Lamar HS, Wayzata and Arlington, MN and
John Jay HS, San Antonio, TX
Is there a relationship between the age of a female Monarch butterfly and the sex ratio of her offspring?
Mandy Atteln, Donna Kemp, and Jenni Kemp

Sparta High School, Sparta, WI
Relationships between Female Age and Offspring Sex Ratios in the Monarch Butterfly
Trey Phillips, Sharon Wilder, and Marci Charpentier

Hamilton Middle School, Cypress, TX
Relationships between migrating monarchs’ flower color preference, monarch wing loading, and the monarchs’ preference for native or non-native flowers in North Texas
Crystal Buchko (R), Tiffany Harrison (C), and Joylynn S. Woodruff (L)

Decatur High School, Decatur, TX

Feeding Adult Monarch Butterfles in Captivity
Robert Richardson

Richardson Academy, Avon, IN