Idaho Monarch Tracking's Journal

The total observations for 2022 is 145. This is more than 9 times as many as the 16 seen in 2021. All 145 of the observations are research grade.

The first observation for a Monarch in Idaho on iNaturalist was in 2013. I have collected the data on monarchs seen in Idaho since then . There were more observations of monarchs made in Idaho in 2022 than all other years combined. I cannot say if this is because of more people reporting sightings or there are more monarchs in the area than previous years. All sightings occur from June through October. The data was collected on 8 December 2022. Any observations posted after that date are not included.

2022
Egg 2
Larva 41
Pupa 2
Adult 100
Total 145

2021
Egg 0
Larva 7
Pupa 0
Adult 9
Total 16

2020
Egg 1
Larva 11
Pupa 0
Adult 14
Total 26

2019
Egg 0
Larva 3
Pupa 0
Adult 8
Total 11

2018
Egg 1
Larva 0
Pupa 0
Adult 4
Total 5

2017
Egg 0
Larva 7
Pupa 1
Adult 9
Total 17

2016
Egg 1
Larva 27
Pupa 0
Adult 8
Total 36

2015
None

2014
Egg 0
Larva 1
Pupa 0
Adult 2
Total 3

2013
Egg 0
Larva 1
Pupa 0
Adult 0
Total 1

Thank you to all the observers!
(I had an awesome table all made up with all the sightings by year and stage but this format will not allow it.)

Sorry it has taken me this long to get a journal post out for 2021. There were 16 observations of Monarchs in Idaho for the year. All 16 are research grade. There were 9 adults and 7 larva observed between July and October. As this is the first full year I have tracked this data, I cannot compare it to past data I have collected.

Observations: 16
Research Grade: 16
Adult: 9
Pupa: 0
Larva:7
Egg: 0
Dates seen: 6 July to 17 October

Thank you to all the observers!

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