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. 2021 May 11;9(1):coab032. doi: 10.1093/conphys/coab032

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Orientation of captive-reared eastern North American migratory monarch butterflies (D. plexippus) (a) flown in a flight simulator that recorded (b) the direction of flight for individual monarchs (•) and group mean direction (◆) or (c) radio-tracked from Guelph (, green lines) or Cambridge (, orange lines) to the first detection at a Motus tower (number of detections indicated by relative size of black dots and grey dots indicate active towers) with (d) the direction of flight displayed in a circular plot.

Inline graphic — Orientation of captive-reared eastern North American migratory monarch butterflies (D. plexippus) (a) flown in a flight simulator that recorded (b) the direction of flight for individual monarchs (•) and group mean direction (◆) or (c) radio-tracked from Guelph (, green lines) or Cambridge (, orange lines) to the first detection at a Motus tower (number of detections indicated by relative size of black dots and grey dots indicate active towers) with (d) the direction of flight displayed in a circular plot.