FYI...these aren't Monarch butterflies, they're Painted Lady butterflies. We did this at our wedding 25 years ago: https://butterflyreleasecompany.com/
The Monarch Program was specifically named that, it seems to me, because of the process of transformation that a butterfly goes through to become a butterfly, and also because Monarch Butterflies seem to have genetic memory (are encoded somehow with the information about their migration path). I do think that the genetic memory part is/was of great interest to the program runners.
But the process of taking a worm and making it into a butterfly is equally symbolic and relevant here.
FYI...these aren't Monarch butterflies, they're Painted Lady butterflies. We did this at our wedding 25 years ago: https://butterflyreleasecompany.com/
kind of invalidates the entire post
Yes and no.
The Monarch Program was specifically named that, it seems to me, because of the process of transformation that a butterfly goes through to become a butterfly, and also because Monarch Butterflies seem to have genetic memory (are encoded somehow with the information about their migration path). I do think that the genetic memory part is/was of great interest to the program runners.
But the process of taking a worm and making it into a butterfly is equally symbolic and relevant here.
So, in my opinion, "Yes. But also no." :)
Who was the coder?
I would imagine it was the same someone who created The Force That Through the Green Fuse Drives the Flower.