A rare little gift from Mother Nature

[Alliecat]

How magical and thank you for all the information about the butterfly. We don't get Monarch butterflies in the UK (obviously) but I have always been fascinated by their mass migrations......such an amazing quirk of nature!

I was curious, because I'd found out they were in Hawaii when I was there, so I googled, and I found this. I learned something new, so thanks for mentioning it
http://www.butterfly-guide.co.uk/help/monmig.htm

And I have got to ask........how on earth do you 'tag' a butterfly?!!!

It was a tiny sticker that folded over the leading edge of the forewing. You'd just rub off a little patch of scales so it would stick, and press it on. Worked really well. This is from a later program which I briefly also tagged for, but didn't find their tags stuck well.