Flight of the Monarchs Event

Join us at the Apalachicola National Estuarine Research Reserve for this free educational event for all ages. Each fall monarch butterflies pass through our area during their 2,ooo mile long migration to their overwintering grounds in Central Mexico. Over the past 25 years, Reserve staff along with volunteers have routinely captured, tagged and released monarchs as part of Monarch Watch’s Citizen Science program to understand the dynamics of the migration through mark and recapture. Activities will include:

• Monarch Migration Presentation followed by Tagging
  Demonstration & Release of Tagged Monarchs in Garden
  4 Sessions begin at 1:15, 2:15, 3:15 & 4:15 (limit of 60/session)
• “Flight of the Butterflies” Movie (56 mins)
  3 Showings begin at 1:30, 3:00 & 4:30 (limit of 30/showing)
• Displays on the Monarchs Life Cycle, Planting Native
  Milkweed and Microscopic Detection of OE Parasite
• Children’s activities include: Button Making, “Pin the Tag
  the Monarch” Game, Butterfly Face Painting and Creating
  Monarch Ink Block Prints