Sara Jobin, associate conductor of the Toledo Opera, center, smiles as she holds a Monarch Butterfly on her hand during the Monarch Butterfly release at the Toledo Zoo Wednesday.
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Sara Jobin, associate conductor of the Toledo Opera, center, holds a Monarch Butterfly as the zoo's Wild Toledo Biologist Ryan Walsh points out the spots on its wings indicating the butterfly is male.
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The Toledo Zoo's Wild Toledo Biologist Ryan Walsh, right, releases a group of migratory Monarch Butterflies at the Toledo Zoo in South Toledo.
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Shelli Jacobs, president of the Toledo Opera Guild, center, smiles down as a migratory Monarch Butterfly perches on her arm.
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Though not every generation of Monarch Butterflies is migratory, this generation is headed to winter in Mexico. The zoo breeds them, with the help of more than 20 acres of natural prairie land though out the area, including the plants in the median of the Anthony Wayne Trail.
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The Toledo Zoo's Wild Toledo Biologist Ryan Walsh smiles as he gets a helping hand to push a migratory Monarch Butterfly on its way.
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Toledo Opera Guild member Marti Huepenbecker, of South Toledo, smiles as a migratory Monarch Butterfly alights on her hair.
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