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Monarch butterflies migrating from Central and South America are stopping over at the Rose State College campus to bask in the autumn sun in the campus’ recently built butterfly garden.

Completed in June, the butterflies have already started visiting. Monarchs stop to sip nectar from a variety of plants specially cultivated for them, including milkweed plants, which now boast numerous feasting, yellow-and-black-striped Monarch caterpillars.

The Rose State butterfly garden was completed as a part of the college’s overall environmental improvement initiative.