Petee Posted August 9, 2016 Share Posted August 9, 2016 The Monarch Hatching Shade House will be going up tomorrow for Monarch eggs and caterpillars. Releases (at 4 pm) will occur in about 2 weeks, and each butterfly will be tagged with a University of Kansas sticker. Roadside signs will be up when mature butterflies are ready for the daily release. 500 tags are ordered for this year so please help fill that quota. If you would be willing to search for eggs and cats, please let us know and you will be added into the process. About 20 or more were collected this evening and they can be seen at Charlie's Alternators after tomorrow. Also, if you have loads of milkweed then you can volunteer to donate a specific number of stems on certain days. We have to know ahead of time before it is brought. Monarchs can be brought at any time. There will be a specific place to leave them so they can be correctly added to the Shade House. For more information please contact Cheryl at 371-3322 or e-mail cshenkle@verizon.net Be careful in that area because sidewalk construction is beginning. Releases will happen at the rear of Charlie's this year. Pheobe and sapphire 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tlakergirl Posted August 10, 2016 Share Posted August 10, 2016 I see a lot of milkweed on my walk every day here at T.L. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Petee Posted August 10, 2016 Author Share Posted August 10, 2016 That's great. Hopefully it's in places where they won't mow it down! If you would like to collect Monarchs or milkweed on your walks then please let me know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DS58 Posted August 10, 2016 Share Posted August 10, 2016 Petee, Only because I don't know...Why are Monarch Butterflies being "Tagged" ??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Petee Posted August 10, 2016 Author Share Posted August 10, 2016 Monarch are an Indicator Species. If our environment is in trouble they are one of the first signs so they are closely monitored. The University of Kentucky has been doing studies for many years. One way they "track" them is by watching the success or failure of the migration which begins in August every year, only in the United States. It happens no where else in the world. Volunteers are asked to either capture or raise Monarchs at that time and tag them before they are released to fly to Mexico. That is part of what we are doing. Some of ours have been found in Mexico. Monarch are in trouble so therefore so are we humans. More info here: http://monarchwatch.org/tagmig/tag.htm We have purchased 500 tags this year and hope to be able to use them all. We need volunteers to find eggs and caterpillars, and to bring milkweed to the tent at Charlie's Alternators. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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