Annual Monarch Butterfly Migration To Pass Through Chicagoland
By Heena SrivastavaAnnual Monarch Butterfly Migration To Pass Through Chicagoland
By Heena Srivastava
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Millions of monarchs are traveling from Canada to California and Mexico. Experts say the migration is likely to peak after Labor Day in Chicago.
Reset checks in with a local butterfly expert about monarchs and their long annual journeys south.
GUESTS: Doug Taron, curator of biology and vice president of research and conservation at the Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum
Samuel Ramsey, entomologist with the USDA Bee Lab