Migratory Pollinators Program
Table 10.
Monarch observations in
Sonora, Mexico and Arizona.
Date | Time | # Observed | State | Nearest Town | Latitude | Longitude | Vegetation Type |
10/4/99 |
Late after-noon |
1 |
Sonora |
Soyopa |
28�34'15"N |
109�33'09"W |
Foothills thornscrub |
10/4/99 |
1400 |
1 |
Sonora |
Yecora |
28�22'15"N |
108�57'30"W |
Pine-oak forest |
3/15/00 |
1830 |
1 |
Sonora |
Soyopa |
28�34'15"N |
109�33'09"W |
Foothills thornscrub |
8/15/01 |
1930 |
1 |
Sonora |
Nogales |
31�18'39"N |
110�46'49"W |
Desert grassland |
8/15/01 |
2000 |
1 |
Sonora |
Santa Cruz |
31�19'05"N |
110�43'35"W |
Oak woodland |
8/15/01 |
2000 |
1 |
Sonora |
Santa Cruz |
31�19'57"N |
110�39'20"W |
Grassland |
8/16/01 |
1300 |
1 |
Sonora |
Santa Cruz |
31�18'01"N |
110�35'42"W |
Grassland |
8/17/01 |
830 |
1 |
Sonora |
Arizpe |
30�20'39"N |
110�09'57"W |
Foothills thornscrub |
10/01 |
All day |
Continuous stream flying south |
Sonora |
Trincheras |
30�23'45"N |
111�32'13"W |
Sonoran desertscrub |
8/14/02 |
1100 |
1 |
Arizona |
Pima County |
32�22'23"N |
110�41'40"W |
Pine-oak forest |
10/24/02 |
730/930 |
6 flying southeast |
Sonora |
Pinacate Biosphere Reserve |
31�35'N |
113�50'W |
Sonoran desertscrub |