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And for QBC, unfortunately, the butterflies will journey from as far away as Ontario to their overwintering colonies in central Mexico. The breakthrough is the result of a tiny solar-powered radio tag that weighs just 60 milligrams. Most monarchs weigh 500 to 600 milligrams. So each tag-bearing migrator is by weight equivalent to half a raisin carrying three uncooked grains of rice. This tiny transmitter that they put on butterflies. That blew me away when I read that and and there are pictures of it too. They wear it on their backs. Unbelievable. Okay who's next? Oh Bill N90FU let me drop