We tag monarch butterflies to track their migration patterns. We write down the tag number and attach a very light tag to the underside of the butterfly's wing. We can then release the butterfly and enter the tag information online. Finding and reporting tagged butterflies helps scientists understand monarch habitats and migration routes.

1. Monarch
Butterfly
Tagging

2. First we have a butterfly…

3. We write down what the tag
number is……

4. We get that same tag
carefully…

5. We tag the underside of the bottom
part of the wing….don’t worry the
tags are very, very light and doesn’t
bother the butterfly at all.

6. We can let it go outside
now….

7. Then we add the information
onto the website….

8. Did you know?
 Ifyou find a butterfly with a tag on it…you
can go to the website too, and enter the
details of the tag.
Then you are helping to do your part so we
know where our Monarch Butterflies are
going and what we might do to make and
keep habitats that they like.