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Schroeder said in past years, the festival was in mid-May, but the group had to borrow monarchs from universities to have on display. She’s hoping that this year, there will be some native animals available.

Anyone can help monarchs survive by planting milkweed seeds. Or, if you’d like to do a little more, create a monarch waystation with milkweed and nectar plants. See monarchwatch.org/garden/ for instructions.

“Monarch Waystations are places that provide monarch habitat (milkweed and nectaring plants),” Uecker said. “These plants are necessary for monarchs to produce successive generations and sustain their migration. There are 48 registered monarch waystations in Duluth which is the second highest number in the state.”

Duluth Monarch Buddies are working with Shoreview Natives to add two monarch waystations on the Lakewalk, Uecker said. In addition, there will be 20 small plantings of milkweed along the length of the Lakewalk. You can help by creating waystations in home gardens, at schools, businesses, parks, zoos, nature centers, along roadsides, and on other unused plots of land.

“This summer, try raising a monarch egg or caterpillar to become a monarch butterfly,” Uecker said. “It takes about a month.” — MDT

For more information about Duluth Monarch Buddies, visit their Facebook page.