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Judith Kolar carefully applies a small numbered tag to the wing of a monarch butterfly at the Lakeview Community Garden at Diversey on Sept. 14 in Chicago. CHICAGO — Near the driving range in ...

Once caught, before their migration south to Mexico, the monarch butterflies are tagged with tiny, white serialized plastic stickers that are placed on the monarchs' wings – which are recovered from ...

Near the driving range in Lakeview, a faint but sweet smell floats in the air. One can follow it to a collection of beds where flowers sprout, surrounding a community garden in which vegetables and ...

Judith Kolar carefully applies a small numbered tag to the wing of a monarch butterfly at the Lakeview Community Garden at Diversey on Sept. 14, 2022, in Chicago. (Erin Hooley/Chicago Tribune/TNS) ...