Monarch butterflies in eastern North America migrate south to spend the winter on roosting grounds in Mexico. Volunteers place numbered tags on monarchs to help researchers learn more about their migration. Here's a video of me tagging a monarch where I live in central North Carolina (in October). If it survives its journey to Mexico, it will have traveled almost 1,600 miles. This butterfly has never been there before, yet--mysteriously--it knows the way!
aren't you supposed to not touch its wings? or is that just when they first come out of the crysalis?
classicrockboy93 1 year ago
Does the Monarch get to tag you and watch what your doing on a website also :D?
jawbraeka 1 year ago
poor butter fly :(
FUNKEYALLAGUNKEYS 2 years ago
i dont know anything about butterflies migration patterns but i used to have 2 monarch butterflies both who had birth defects "Lucky" died but "Spencer" got better and i started taking him outside to let him fly (fall). after a while his wings were strong enough to fly away. i miss him...oh well :) i saved a butterflies life and im not even a teenager yet! <3 Blue, the kid trying to make things better.
BlueLucille 4 years ago
They home is in Michoacan Mexico
6lilloony 4 years ago