The only monarchs in site where on the back of Emily Dixon, 11, and her mother Pam's, sweatshirts as they participated Jayhawk Audubon Society and Monarch Watch butterfly tagging event Saturday, Sept. 19, at the Baker University Wetlands. A colder and wetter summer resulted in fewer wetlands flowers and a lower migrating monarch population this year for partipants.

Photo by Mike Yoder

Members of the West family take a hike through the Baker University Wetland during the Jayhawk Audubon Society butterfly tagging event Saturday, Sept. 19, 2009. A colder and wetter summer resulted in fewer wetlands flowers and a lower migrating monarch population this year for partipants.

Photo by Mike Yoder

Orley "Chip" Taylor, insect ecology professor at KU assists Zane Berns, 7, tag a monarch butterfly at the Jayhawk Audubon Society and Monarch Watch butterfly tagging event Saturday, Sept. 19, at the Baker University Wetlands. A colder and wetter summer resulted in fewer wetlands flowers and a lower migrating monarch population this year for partipants.

Photo by Mike Yoder

A spider sits inside it's web at the Baker University Wetlands during the Jayhawk Audubon Society and Monarch Watch butterfly tagging event Saturday, Sept. 19,. A colder and wetter summer resulted in fewer wetlands flowers and a lower migrating monarch population this year for partipants.

Photo by Mike Yoder

Morning dew covers a batch of wild sunflowers at the Jayhawk Audubon Society and Monarch Watch butterfly tagging event Saturday, Sept. 19, at the Baker University Wetlands. A colder and wetter summer resulted in fewer wetlands flowers and a lower migrating monarch population this year for partipants.

Photo by Mike Yoder

Sunshine strikes a field of green and yellow beyond some shaded reeds in the Baker University Wetlands during the Jayhawk Audubon Society and Monarch Watch butterfly tagging event Saturday, Sept. 19. A colder and wetter summer resulted in fewer wetlands flowers and a lower migrating monarch population this year for partipants.

Photo by Mike Yoder

The morning sun reflects off the Baker wetlands Saturday, Sept. 19, at the Jayhawk Audubon Society and Monarch Watch butterfly tagging event. A colder and wetter summer resulted in fewer wetlands flowers and a lower migrating monarch population this year for partipants.

Photo by Mike Yoder

A purple thistle is covered with morning dew at the Jayhawk Audubon Society and Monarch Watch butterfly tagging event Saturday, Sept. 19, at the Baker University Wetlands. A colder and wetter summer resulted in fewer wetlands flowers and a lower migrating monarch population this year for partipants.

Photo by Mike Yoder