From the Field Museum of Natural History’s Keller Science Action Center:

Come learn how to monitor monarch caterpillars at your site. This training will cover everything you need to know to become an active Monarch Community Scientist and contribute data to protecting this iconic species. Digital trainings are ideal for those already familiar with milkweed identification and for returning monitors wanting to brush up on their skills.

This project supports the declining monarch butterfly population by improving our knowledge of residential milkweed in the Chicago Region and the habitat it offers to caterpillars throughout their life stages. In 2019, the pilot year, 73 amazing volunteers monitored 130 patches and found 5109 eggs and 104 fifth-instar caterpillars.

This training will take place online via a Zoom webinar. A link will be sent to all registrants one day before the class.