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Monitoring for Monarchs

Thursday, July 28, 2022,
10:30 am
to 12:00 pm

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Undergraduate researcher Katie Galletta examines milkweed plants for insect herbivory. (photo © Mark Wilson)

Join Harris Center ecologists to survey for monarch eggs, caterpillars, and butterflies in a Harris Center-conserved milkweed patch in Peterborough. This morning of community science is offered as part of the International Monarch Monitoring Blitz and the Monarch Larva Monitoring Project, research efforts aimed at understanding and protecting monarch butterflies throughout North America. No experience necessary! Come prepared for sun, ticks, and other biting insects.

10:30 a.m. to noon in Peterborough. Exact location will be provided upon registration. Rain date: July 29.

This event is now full. To add your name to the wait list, please contact Brett Amy Thelen.

For general information about Harris Center field trips, including questions about accessibility, see our Outings Information page. For questions about this particular event, please contact Brett Amy Thelen or Karen Seaver.

Details

Date:
Thursday, July 28, 2022
Time:
10:30 am to 12:00 pm
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Location

Peterborough
Peterborough, NH United States

Contacts

Brett Amy Thelen
Phone:
(603) 525-3394
Email:
thelen@harriscenter.org
Karen Seaver
Email:
seaver@harriscenter.org