MONARCH ALERT

The monarchs, butterflies that overwinter in California can number in excess of 100,000! Populations of western monarchs are known to fluctuate from year to year. Monarch Alert is a citizen based research project backed by graduate student researchers and faculty from Cal Poly State University, San Luis Obispo. We focus on the demography and population fluctuations of western monarch butterflies, through sampling of overwintering populations in San Luis Obispo and Monterey Counties. We also partner with citizen scientists to understand breeding habits and abundance of monarch butterflies in backyard gardens. This is accomplished through tagging data collected by citizen scientists... Welcome to Monarch Alert! This is a website designed to help you learn about Monarch butterflies and how you can get involved by helping them through citizen science.

Primary location: San Luis Obispo United States