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Table 1 Animal Characteristics

From: Defining behavioral and molecular differences between summer and migratory monarch butterflies

   

Reproductive Status

  

Category

ID*

Sex

Male

(glands weight, g)

Female

(# of mature oocytes)

Source/Date Collected

Housing Conditions

 

S-M03

 

0.0217

   
 

S-M04

 

0.0223

   
 

S-M07

Male

0.0218

 

Near

2 days LD cycle

 

S-M10

 

0.0313

 

Greenfield,

Lights on: 4:38 AM

Summer (S)

S-M11

 

0.0259

 

Massachusetts

Lights off: 7:09 PM

 

(Lat 42°59'N)

Temperature: 20°C

    
 

S-F19

  

70

(Long 72°60'W)

Humidity: 70%

 

S-F20

  

88

7/30/07

 
 

S-F21

Female

 

> 100

  
 

S-F22

  

> 100

  
 

S-F23

  

> 100

  
 

F-M07

 

0.0084

 

Near

2 days LD cycle

 

F-M10

 

0.0056

 

Port Lavaca,

Lights on: 6:09 AM

 

F-M23

Male

0.0087

 

Texas

Lights off: 4:54 PM

 

F-M29

 

0.0070

 

(Lat 28°36'N)

Temperature: 20°C

Fall (F)

F-M32

 

0.0065

 

(Long 96°37'W)

Humidity: 70%

 

10/30/07

     
 

F-F03

  

0

  
 

F-F13

  

0

  
 

F-F14

Female

 

0

  
 

F-F18

  

0

  
 

F-F21

  

0

  
 

M-M03

 

0.0357

  

14 days LD cycle

 

M-M04

 

0.0557

  

Lights on: 6:00 AM

 

M-M08

Male

0.0341

  

Lights off: 5:00 PM

Fall methoprene (M)

M-M13

 

0.0559

  

Temperature (light):

 

M-M15

 

0.0578

  

23°C

  

Temperature (dark):

    
 

M-F20

  

> 100

 

12°C

 

M-F27

  

> 100

 

Humidity: 70%

 

M-F30

Female

 

> 100

  
 

M-F23

  

> 100

  
 

M-F24

  

> 100

  
 

V-M10

 

0.0179

   
 

V-M13

 

0.0198

   
 

V-M14

Male

0.0117

   

Fall vehicle (V)

V-M18

 

0.0121

   
 

V-M19

 

0.0106

   
 

V-F04

  

0

  
 

V-F22

  

0

  
 

V-F24

Female

 

0

  
 

V-F27

  

0

  
 

V-F29

  

0

  
  1. *Animal ID code: Group(S, F, M or V)-sex (M or F) animal number