Maryann, the 2006 data is out, but not in the database yet. They are overwhelmed, and underfunded. Woo!!! Hoo!!! 2 of mine made it to El Rosario!!! I just knew that mine were making it to Mexico. First, my Pipevine haven, and now this. I'm beyond words!!!! :) If you see any of your tags, please e-mail them with the Tag number, date, sex, and whether reared or wild, along with your name. I don't know that this is conclusive. Good luck! Here is a link that might be useful: 2006 Monarch tagged recoveries

Thanks all --- it definitely looks like the photos of Tokudama Aureonebulosa rather than Heat Wave or Paradigm because the flowers are definitely short, pure white funnels and there's more green than yellow on the leaves. Of course, it's now in a shaded corner rather than bright sun so perhaps that's affected the leaf color. Sad to say that I originally put all of the plant names on wide sticks like the ones a doctor uses when she/he checks your throat ---- thought I was being clever (and thrifty). Then they all faded and rotted and the ones I've found I can't read! So I can't really tell what was written on the sticks. This year I bought proper metal stakes and am naming all of my favorites! Molie

I did the same thing last year and got no response either, u might want to post this in butterfly forum as well Here is a link that might be useful: butterfly forum

Tom. I live in Sarasota, Florida. The tagged butterfly was in my garden. Thank you for that link. Very interesting. I saved it to pass on. It seems to confirm what I was told by the woman who responded to my call regarding the tag. The Monarch I found was released by someone in Sarasota. He lives two miles away. It was a male. She provided his address and phone #. The Butterflies are infected with a disease called OE. The University of Georgia and U Florida are running a combined study to see how prevalent it is and how the butterflies are affected. They want people to swab the newly emerged butterfly before releasing and send the swab to them. They want the butterfly tagged so it can be tracked (if possible). But they will get a better idea how prevalent this disease is. Right now they state that 85% of Monarchs in the South are infected. They also want to find out if any of the southern monarchs will head north. They suspect a large number of northern monarchs might be wintering in the southern states rather than migrating all the way to Mexico. Their statistics show that the southern states have warmed over the years moving further north and that the monarchs who would have travelled to Mexico stayed in the US south. She sent a lot of info but it is in power-point and I don't know how to link it here. If you want to email me, I'll be happy to forward the info I received. Jane