Butterfly tagging on September 21, at Littles Greenhouse

Hey we had a great day for the tagging and release on Sunday, 9/21 at our greenhouse/butterfly house! Over 40 monarchs were tagged that day. In total, that makes 125 tagged for the year of the 425 that have been released. There are 75 more tags... and many more chysalises to go!

Almost all of the larvae have completed the cycle and have pupated... just a few left. We are certainly concerned as we close to the first frost... and hope everyone will make it on their way before that time!

Video of a larvae becoming a chrysalis

Great video of a larvae going into a chrysalis...

http://picasaweb.google.com/pegazzani/Monarch#slideshow

Tagging Butterflies at the Cayuga Nature Center

Johanna and Halee Little afix a mylar tag to a monarch butterfly at the Cayuga Nature Center's annual tag/release today at the Center. In all, 25 of the 50 butterflies released were tagged as they begin their migration to Mexico.

First Tagging Date

The first tagging date of the 2008 season will be this Saturday, September 6th, 1:00 PM at the Cayuga Nature Center. Our second batch, monarchs who will be migrating, will probably be the 13th of September... but I will have a better handle on that as this week shapes up. We have more larvae than milkweed to feed them, so we are scrambling to adopt some out as well as secure some common milkweed! Delivered the larvae to Belle Sherman and South Hill Schools today... will be some excited Kindergardeners tomorrow!