Those who attended the Monarch Madness Festival not only had the opportunity to learn about the monarch’s annual migration and life cycle, but also to tag and release the evanescent creatures into the wild. From Florida, the monarchs instinctually make their way to Mexico for the winter. Youth in attendance also could make various kinds of butterfly mobiles. Adults could purchase butterfly attracting plants. According to volunteer Kathleen Dooley, milkweed alone is the plant monarchs choose on which to lay their eggs.
This article originally appeared on Santa Rosa Press Gazette: The Panhandle Butterfly House hosts 8th annual festival for monarch migration