Open AccessCaptive-reared migratory monarch butterflies show natural orientation when released in the wild
Author(s) -
Alana Wilcox,
Amy E. M. Newman,
Nigel E. Raine,
Greg W. Mitchell,
D. Ryan Norris
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
conservation physiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.942
H-Index - 37
ISSN - 2051-1434
DOI - 10.1093/conphys/coab032
Subject(s) - danaus , monarch butterfly , biology , overwintering , ecology , zoology , lepidoptera genitalia
Recent work suggests captive-reared monarch butterflies lose their capacity to fly southward in fall, questioning the value of captive rearing. We show that, in contrast to captive-reared monarchs flown in a flight simulator, monarchs reared under laboratory conditions and released in the wild showed proper southward orientation.
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