2nd graders wishing Bon Voyage to Brownie, the Monarch! by Ethan Robison, Pollinator Pals Education Coordinator The charismatic Monarch butterfly Danaus plexippus had a strange year in 2025, just like many of us. Their populations tend to peak in August, when most of the adults eclose from their chrysalis to the warm summer sun and upward drafts that carry them Southwards. But there I was on a chilly October afternoon, releasing a freshly eclosed female (you could tell becaus