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Kids Count for Wildlife: Monarchs and Milkweed Survey

Peterborough Peterborough

If you love monarch butterflies and want to help scientists find out more about these remarkable insects, here’s your chance! Spend a morning with a team of Harris Center naturalists as we count monarch eggs, caterpillars, and butterflies for science.

Two women bend down to look closely at a monarch caterpillar on a milkweed plant. (photo © Brett Amy Thelen)

Monitoring for Monarchs

Peterborough Peterborough

Take part in the International Monarch Monitoring Blitz by joining Harris Center ecologists Brett Amy Thelen and Nate Marchessault to survey for monarch eggs, caterpillars, and butterflies in a local milkweed patch. No experience necessary!