MLMP Volunteers

To learn more about research conducted by MLMP volunteers across the U.S., choose one of the following categories:

Interactions with Milkweed	Background Research: John Ondich-Batson, Jeremy Quam and Lisa Sand, MLMP Volunteers, Ordean Middle School, Duluth MN: How does the age of a Milkweed plant affect where Monarchs lay their eggs? Amanda Swain-Sheppard, MLMP Volunteer, Sparta High School, Sparta WI: Whorled vs. Common: What type of milkweed do Monarch caterpillars prefer?
Monarch Vital Statistics	Background Research: Robert Richardson, MLMP Volunteer, Richardson Academy of Avon, Indiana: Feeding Adult Monarch Butterflies In Captivity
Parasites & Natural Enemies	Background Research: Alison Miller MLMP Volunteer, TMI, San Antonio TX: Tachinid Flies: Butterfly Terminators Ilse Gebhard, MLMP Volunteer, Kalamazoo, Michigan: Tachinid Fly Parasitism of Monarch Eggs and Larvae
Reproductive Biology	Background Research: Kiersten Bell, MLMP Volunteer, TMI, San Antonio: Effects of Daylight Amounts on Monarch Butterflies in Reproductive Diapause
Migration	Research: Jane Borland, Brandi Beck, and Boris York, MLMP Volunteers, Arlington, TX. A Seven-Year Comparison of Egg, Larval and Adult Reproductive Populations in Arlington Texas, 1999-2005 Sarah Spurgat, Lindsey Strubhart and Mary Bishop Kennedy, MLMP Volunteers at TMI Episcopal, San Antonio, Texas Monarchs in Motion At Monarch Camp
Population Dynamics	Research: Joe Shekleton, Matthew Molenaar, Danny Garding, and Emily Molenaar, MLMP Volunteers, New London Spicer Public School, Minnesota Monarch Monitoring At Stoney Ridge Farm: Does Stoney Ridge Farm produce a greater percentage of monarchs than the rest of Minnesota? Joe Shekleton, Matthew Molenaar, Danny Garding, and Emily Molenaar, MLMP Volunteers, New London Spicer Public School, Minnesota Monarch Monitoring At Stoney Ridge Farm: How does the population of monarchs at Stoney Ridge Farm compare between the years of 2004 and 2005? Amanda Swain-Sheppard and Sparta WI High School MLMP Monitors Monarch Monitoring Karl Schuettler, Luciana Ranelli, and Kenzie Kelly, MLMP Volunteers, Ordean Middle School, Duluth MN. The Rise and Fall of Danaus plexippus in Duluth, MN