Monarch drying wings after emerging?
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Frederica Musgrave
Sep 8, 2025, 2:16:02 PMSep 8
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Saw this Monarch on my driveway having problems flying away. I'm assumung it just emerged from chrysalis and was drying its wings. I have lots of milkweed on boulevard and yard. One side view shows rippling of wings. From the top, I noticed something white on it's back. Anyone know what that is? I searched images online and couldn't find anything similar.
Mike Ruzich
Sep 8, 2025, 5:09:27 PMSep 8
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“Tagged” Monarch?
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On Sep 8, 2025, at 1:16 PM, Frederica Musgrave <queenbuebu...@gmail.com> wrote:
Saw this Monarch on my driveway having problems flying away. I'm assumung it just emerged from chrysalis and was drying its wings. I have lots of milkweed on boulevard and yard. One side view shows rippling of wings. From the top, I noticed something white on it's back. Anyone know what that is? I searched images online and couldn't find anything similar.
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Frederica Musgrave
Sep 8, 2025, 9:12:37 PMSep 8
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All of the tagging info I've read after several of you replied says the tag is to be placed on the outside of the wing. Here's link to one website https://monarchwatch.org/tagging/2024-tagging-datasheet.pdf. I did not want to touch or capture the Monarch.
On Mon, Sep 8, 2025 at 1:16 PM Frederica Musgrave <queenbuebu...@gmail.com> wrote:
Saw this Monarch on my driveway having problems flying away. I'm assumung it just emerged from chrysalis and was drying its wings. I have lots of milkweed on boulevard and yard. One side view shows rippling of wings. From the top, I noticed something white on it's back. Anyone know what that is? I searched images online and couldn't find anything similar.
cashmanellen595
Sep 9, 2025, 8:51:59 PMSep 9
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Usually the tags are a very small round tag that I have seen used and on the hind wing.
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