Monarch Net

[Mona Miller]

http://www.monarchnet.org/
"Monarch butterflies are one of the world's most famous insects, and in North America there are many citizen science programs where volunteers collect information on various aspects of its life.

The mission of monarchnet is to coordinate the integration of monitoring data from these programs and to make it available on this website, which serves as a resource for anyone who wants to know about monarch populations, i.e. government officials, researchers, members of the general public or NGOs. Since the partners represent the most important monitoring programs that collect data on monarchs, the collective data represent the most current and comprehensive information on the monarch biology.

We hope that by linking the data sets our efforts will foster collaboration between monitoring programs, promote the use of the data to answer scientific questions, increase participation by citizen-scientists in multiple programs and increase awareness of each monitoring program."

[Paul Cherubini]

I clicked on the Monarch Biology section of this new website and it said: "The following is a review of general monarch biology that was written by Karen Oberhauser and Michelle Solensky in 2006, and has been updated with new research findings."

Then I clicked on Fall Migration Ecology and it displayed a map depicting no monarch breeding in the Rocky Mountain States or in southern Arizona and no migration from the Rocky Mountains or west of the Rockies to the overwintering sites in Michoacan, Mexico and no migration from Arizona to California

Same thing happened a litte over a year ago.

A New Monarch Website appeared http://www.monarchbutterflyfund.org/ and it displayed a map displayed a map depicting no monarch breeding in the Rocky Mountain States or in southern Arizona and no migration from the Rocky Mountains or west of the Rockies to the overwintering sites in Michoacan, Mexico and no migration from Arizona to California
http://www.monarchbutterflyfund.org/?q=taxonomy/term/15

[Mona Miller]

Just like always you are misrepresenting what is posted. That map is of the flight path and not breeding locations.

http://monarchnet.uga.edu/MonarchBiolog ... lMigration
"Figure 11. Monarchs fly south and southwest during the fall migration, funneling through Texas to overwintering sites in the mountains of central Mexico. Drawing by Sonia Altizer and Michelle Solensky."

[Paul Cherubini]

Just like always you are misrepresenting what is posted. That map is of the flight path and not breeding locations.

Look again, Mona - it's a map showing "that the overwintering populations are comprised of monarchs coming from a geographic area that covers much of the range shown in Figure 11 (below)

[Mona Miller]

You are still reading what you want to read. This is a range. This is not a map where all the monarchs are located. I guess you failed English comprehension.

[Paul Cherubini]

You are still reading what you want to read. This is a range. This is not a map where all the monarchs are located.

By "range" the authors mean SUMMER range as marked in purple below. And as I said earlier the map is inaccurate because the SUMMER range INCLUDES all of eastern Arizona, New Mexico, far western Texas, Colorado, Wyoming and Montana

[Paul Cherubini]

You are still reading what you want to read. This is a range. This is not a map where all the monarchs are located.

By "range" the authors mean SUMMER range as marked in purple below. And as I said earlier the map is inaccurate because the SUMMER range INCLUDES all of eastern Arizona, New Mexico, far western Texas, Colorado, Wyoming and Montana

[Mona Miller]

Focus on majority not minority. The ranges that are represented are not areas where small populations breed.

Your main focus is to disclaim most--notice I used "most" of the information posted by major scientists. Why? Do you still want that divide opened up for the IBBA? Remember, the talks we used to have with Linda back when I was a member of the IBBA. Boy have I became enlightened since that time. I was being used big time for my search skills. I even got my friend Harry involved. I wish I had never done that.

[Paul Cherubini]

Focus on majority not minority. The ranges that are represented are not areas where small populations breed.

No so. Example: The interior of California has alot more monarchs than Oregon does, yet the map shows the opposite.

[Mona Miller]

Paul,

No one agrees with you except your IBBA friends.