Research:

• John Ondich-Batson, Jeremy Quam and Lisa Sand, MLMP Volunteers, Ordean Middle School, Duluth MN:
  How does the age of a Milkweed plant affect where Monarchs lay their eggs?
• Amanda Swain-Sheppard, MLMP Volunteer, Sparta High School, Sparta WI:
  Whorled vs. Common: What type of milkweed do Monarch caterpillars prefer?

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Research:

• Robert Richardson, MLMP Volunteer, Richardson Academy of Avon, Indiana:
  Feeding Adult Monarch Butterflies In Captivity

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Research:

• Alison Miller MLMP Volunteer, TMI, San Antonio TX:
  Tachinid Flies: Butterfly Terminators
• Ilse Gebhard, MLMP Volunteer, Kalamazoo, Michigan:
  Tachinid Fly Parasitism of Monarch Eggs and Larvae

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Research:

• Kiersten Bell, MLMP Volunteer, TMI, San Antonio:
  Effects of Daylight Amounts on Monarch Butterflies in Reproductive Diapause

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Research:

• Jane Borland, Brandi Beck, and Boris York, MLMP Volunteers, Arlington, TX.
  A Seven-Year Comparison of Egg, Larval and Adult Reproductive Populations in Arlington Texas, 1999-2005
• Sarah Spurgat, Lindsey Strubhart and Mary Bishop Kennedy, MLMP Volunteers at TMI Episcopal, San Antonio, Texas:
  Monarchs in Motion At Monarch Camp

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Research:

• Joe Shekleton, Matthew Molenaar, Danny Garding, and Emily Molenaar, MLMP Volunteers, New London Spicer Public School, Minnesota:
  Monarch Monitoring At Stoney Ridge Farm: Does Stoney Ridge Farm produce a greater percentage of monarchs than the rest of Minnesota?
• Joe Shekleton, Matthew Molenaar, Danny Garding, and Emily Molenaar, MLMP Volunteers, New London Spicer Public School, Minnesota:
  Monarch Monitoring At Stoney Ridge Farm: How does the population of monarchs at Stoney Ridge Farm compare between the years of 2004 and 2005?
• Amanda Swain-Sheppard and Sparta WI High School MLMP Monitors:
  Monarch Monitoring
• Karl Schuettler, Luciana Ranelli, and Kenzie Kelly, MLMP Volunteers, Ordean Middle School, Duluth MN:
  The Rise and Fall of Danaus plexippus in Duluth, MN