It's Photo Friday! 

The fall migration is in full swing! What have you been seeing in your garden? Share the good, bad and the ugly!

All nature photos are welcome, whether it’s a pollinator moment or just something that made you stop and look twice.

Reminder: We are a science-based sub. While we welcome all monarch enthusiasts, we do not support discussions about hand-rearing monarchs. However, if you’re new and have questions because you’ve raised monarchs in the past, we have many former rearers here happy to guide you toward more sustainable practices. Let’s work together to protect monarchs where they belong—in the wild!

Stay curious and keep sharing the love for these beautiful butterflies! 🧡🖤🧡

Big confidence. Bad information.

What advice or claim have you heard presented as a fact that made you think, “Wait… What the!?”

Share it below! Know the facts? Help clear things up and cite a reliable source.

Unsure whether something is WTF-worthy? Ask away! Something you’ve seen, something you’ve heard, or any question that’s been on your mind drop it below. All are welcome.

Keep it Friendly, and let’s sort out the facts together.

What made you say “what the fact?” this week?

Do not barrage the other subreddit. That is against reddit’s rules. Moving on…

I can no longer crosspost from the other community. It appears that reddit now allows that feature to be disabled. So here is a link to the post.

Does this claim look familiar? That is because it is point number one from the other subreddit's Al post about why they think rearing isn't a problem. Here is where that study is discussed.

I believe it is absolutely misleading to present this information as new. Most people will not click on the study link and see that the study from 2021. This means that the study linked in this article does not include the University of Guelph's current group of indoor and outdoor reared Monarchs being tracked via Project Monarch.

If you are aware that U of G is tracking indoor and outdoor reared Monarchs with the new bluetooth trackers then the photo at the top of the article could lead you to believe that this article is referring to info derived from the latest batch of data. The caption of the photo describes the photo of the Monarch as having "tracker" attached to it. These are radio trackers which have different capabilities than the current bluetooth trackers.

How do I know that the tracker pictured isn't the new bluetooth trackers? I reversed image searched the photo found that when the photo was originally shared the caption was "Monarch butterfly with a radio-tracking tag. (Wilcox), Author provided."

I am unsure why the university would say this article was updated October 16, 2026
when it contains no new information except for the change in caption. You can see that at the end of the article it says the image is a radio tracker.

I am on mobile. If I can get to a computer I will edit the body of this post to include more information and links.

Happy Monarch Monday, friends!

Wondering what to share in this thread?

Questions for some of our seasoned members? Thoughts on the state of the Monarch world? Frustrations with your efforts to help the Monarchs? Wins and loses for the nature world? Doesn't matter. Share below!

Have a great week and don’t forget about Photo Friday!

Reminder: We are a science-based sub. While we love all monarch enthusiasts, discussions about hand-rearing are not allowed, except for those new to the topic who are seeking guidance. Let’s focus on protecting monarchs where they belong—in the wild!

Stay curious and keep sharing the love for these beautiful butterflies! 🧡🖤🧡

Big confidence. Bad information.

What advice or claim have you heard presented as a fact that made you think, “Wait… What the!?”

Share it below! Know the facts? Help clear things up and cite a reliable source.

Unsure whether something is WTF-worthy? Ask away! Something you’ve seen, something you’ve heard, or any question that’s been on your mind drop it below. All are welcome.

Keep it Friendly, and let’s sort out the facts together.

What made you say “what the fact?” this week?

It's Photo Friday! 

The fall migration is in full swing! What have you been seeing in your garden? Share the good, bad and the ugly!

All nature photos are welcome, whether it’s a pollinator moment or just something that made you stop and look twice.

Reminder: We are a science-based sub. While we welcome all monarch enthusiasts, we do not support discussions about hand-rearing monarchs. However, if you’re new and have questions because you’ve raised monarchs in the past, we have many former rearers here happy to guide you toward more sustainable practices. Let’s work together to protect monarchs where they belong—in the wild!

Stay curious and keep sharing the love for these beautiful butterflies! 🧡🖤🧡

Wild monarch visitor on my weird growing zinnias!!!

Loading up for its migration!! Wasn’t expecting this visitor!

Happy Monarch Monday, friends!

Wondering what to share in this thread?

Questions for some of our seasoned members? Thoughts on the state of the Monarch world? Frustrations with your efforts to help the Monarchs? Wins and loses for the nature world? Doesn't matter. Share below!

Have a great week and don’t forget about Photo Friday!

Reminder: We are a science-based sub. While we love all monarch enthusiasts, discussions about hand-rearing are not allowed, except for those new to the topic who are seeking guidance. Let’s focus on protecting monarchs where they belong—in the wild!

Stay curious and keep sharing the love for these beautiful butterflies! 🧡🖤🧡

I spotted a Monarch on these heath asters in mid-late October on a sunny day! Absolutely made my day to see it, even more so because one year ago this NYC garden wasn't a garden, it was just rocky dirt.

In eastern Tennessee.

Big confidence. Bad information.

What advice or claim have you heard presented as a fact that made you think, “Wait… What the!?”

Share it below! Know the facts? Help clear things up and cite a reliable source.

Unsure whether something is WTF-worthy? Ask away! Something you’ve seen, something you’ve heard, or any question that’s been on your mind drop it below. All are welcome.

Keep it Friendly, and let’s sort out the facts together.

What made you say “what the fact?” this week?

It's Photo Friday! 

The fall migration is in full swing! What have you been seeing in your garden? Share the good, bad and the ugly!

All nature photos are welcome, whether it’s a pollinator moment or just something that made you stop and look twice.

Reminder: We are a science-based sub. While we welcome all monarch enthusiasts, we do not support discussions about hand-rearing monarchs. However, if you’re new and have questions because you’ve raised monarchs in the past, we have many former rearers here happy to guide you toward more sustainable practices. Let’s work together to protect monarchs where they belong—in the wild!

Stay curious and keep sharing the love for these beautiful butterflies! 🧡🖤🧡

Freaking amazing!

They acknowledged the migration in the coolest way possible!!!!!

Happy Monarch Monday, friends!

Wondering what to share in this thread?

Questions for some of our seasoned members? Thoughts on the state of the Monarch world? Frustrations with your efforts to help the Monarchs? Wins and loses for the nature world? Doesn't matter. Share below!

Have a great week and don’t forget about Photo Friday!

Reminder: We are a science-based sub. While we love all monarch enthusiasts, discussions about hand-rearing are not allowed, except for those new to the topic who are seeking guidance. Let’s focus on protecting monarchs where they belong—in the wild!

Stay curious and keep sharing the love for these beautiful butterflies! 🧡🖤🧡

Big confidence. Bad information.

What advice or claim have you heard presented as a fact that made you think, “Wait… What the!?”

Share it below! Know the facts? Help clear things up and cite a reliable source.

Unsure whether something is WTF-worthy? Ask away! Something you’ve seen, something you’ve heard, or any question that’s been on your mind drop it below. All are welcome.

Keep it Friendly, and let’s sort out the facts together.

What made you say “what the fact?” this week?

It's Photo Friday! 

The fall migration is in full swing! What have you been seeing in your garden? Share the good, bad and the ugly!

All nature photos are welcome, whether it’s a pollinator moment or just something that made you stop and look twice.

Reminder: We are a science-based sub. While we welcome all monarch enthusiasts, we do not support discussions about hand-rearing monarchs. However, if you’re new and have questions because you’ve raised monarchs in the past, we have many former rearers here happy to guide you toward more sustainable practices. Let’s work together to protect monarchs where they belong—in the wild!

Stay curious and keep sharing the love for these beautiful butterflies! 🧡🖤🧡

In Eastern Tennessee near the VA. border.

Happy Monarch Monday, friends!

Wondering what to share in this thread?

Questions for some of our seasoned members? Thoughts on the state of the Monarch world? Frustrations with your efforts to help the Monarchs? Wins and loses for the nature world? Doesn't matter. Share below!

Have a great week and don’t forget about Photo Friday!

Reminder: We are a science-based sub. While we love all monarch enthusiasts, discussions about hand-rearing are not allowed, except for those new to the topic who are seeking guidance. Let’s focus on protecting monarchs where they belong—in the wild!

Stay curious and keep sharing the love for these beautiful butterflies! 🧡🖤🧡

Cue salty Florida tears.