Marilyn Rose Monarch Butterfly Fund

Marilyn Rose Monarch Butterfly Fund In memory of my mother, Marilyn Rose, who loved to help others, I have created a fund to help monarch butterflies, which she was most fond of.

09/02/2025

Native plants aren’t just for big backyards! Flowers like flame acanthus (Anisacanthus quadrifidus var. wrightii), coral honeysuckle (Lonicera sempervirens), and even native grasses like blue grama (Bouteloua gracilis) can all thrive in pots. That means apartment dwellers can have hummingbirds, butterflies, and blooms right on a balcony.

Find more tips + container plant recommendations from our experts: https://www.wildflower.org/magazine/native-plants/beauty-on-the-balcony

Female monarch butterflies prefer young plants to lay their eggs on. This egg was laid on a young common milkweed plant ...
09/02/2025

Female monarch butterflies prefer young plants to lay their eggs on. This egg was laid on a young common milkweed plant growing through a crack in my driveway! The monarch found it suitable for an egg!

09/02/2025
08/27/2025
Look at this milkweed leaf, how the female monarch carefully laid 4 eggs, evenly spaced apart! These future butterflies ...
08/26/2025

Look at this milkweed leaf, how the female monarch carefully laid 4 eggs, evenly spaced apart! These future butterflies will have a long 2000 journey to Mexico for the winter. Monarchs are amazing creatures. ❤️

08/26/2025

Monarch butterfly laying eggs on common milkweed at the Lake Shelbyville, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Visitor Center, Shelbyville, IL. These eggs are the fourth generation which will be migrating to Mexico for the winter.

A beautiful place for people and pollinators in downtown Tuscola, Illinois. ❤️
08/11/2025

A beautiful place for people and pollinators in downtown Tuscola, Illinois. ❤️

Female monarch butterfly on coneflower.
07/27/2025

Female monarch butterfly on coneflower.

07/27/2025

It's time for the International Monarch Monitoring Blitz! From July 25 to August 3, join us by spotting monarch eggs, caterpillars, adults or milkweed plants, and report your sightings to iNaturalist, Journey North, Monarch Larva Monitoring Project and Western Monarch Milkweed Mapper.

The information collected by North American community science observers helps researchers identify priority areas for monarch conservation actions. Thanks to our engaged community of observers, monarch researchers can analyze summer breeding population trends.

Last year's submitted observations included more than 16,000 monarch sightings and more than 68,000 milkweeds!

📷 Courtney Celley/USFWS

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