Last Thursday afternoon, the Lucas residence on 14th Street in Glencoe was home to a miniature butterfly sanctuary as crowds of monarchs gathered to eat after the morning rains.
Linsey Lucas, 34, has been breeding and raising monarchs since she was 9 years old, and in recent years, she started “tagging” them to track their migration patterns.
Using information and resources from www.monarchwatch.com, Lucas orders tagging kits complete with a pre-migration newsletter, data sheets, instructions and multiple tags that look like small circular stickers.