Monarch Butterfly Tagging
Mary Schmidt from Lichterman Nature Center talks about monarch butterfly migration and shows how to tag monarchs. Monarchs are unique because they migrate to Mexico for the winter. Every fourth generation migrates. The other generations live for about 6 weeks during the summer. One of the challenges for migration is finding enough food during the journey. Goldenrod, Blazing Star and certain other fall-blooming flowers are good food sources for their migration. Monarch tagging is one kind of citizen science that anyone can be involved in. Monarch tags are small stickers affixed to butterfly wings that are individually numbered. These numbers are entered on the internet. If anyone finds a butterfly with a tag they can also enter this information on the internet. Scientists can then look at the data to learn about Monarch migration.
October 8, 2016
Related Resources:
MonarchWatch
Monarch Butterfly, Danaus plexippus Linnaeus
Migration of the Monarch Butterfly
October 8, 2016
Related Resources:
MonarchWatch
Monarch Butterfly, Danaus plexippus Linnaeus
Migration of the Monarch Butterfly