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Monarch butterfly on campus

Posted by Josie Dittman,
North Country explorer from Syracuse, NY
August 31, 2026 —

I was walking back from class past the Sullivan student center at St. Lawrence University and a monarch butterfly flew across the walkway! I wondered if it was time for their migration although im not too familiar with their migration patterns