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Monarchs in the Mountains

Tagging Migrating Monarchs

Monarchs in the Mountains

Tagging Migrating Monarchs

Details

Trade in your hiking poles for butterfly nets for the day and get a close-up look at some of the beauty migrating through NH.  Enjoy an aerobic workout netting monarch butterflies, tagging them with stickers from the University of Kansas’ Monarch Watch program https://monarchwatch.org, and releasing them.  Not to worry, I’ll have extra nets.  This is a great opportunity to learn more about this amazing insect species and contribute to a better understanding of their migratory behavior.

 Please bring water and snack/lunch to get you through the day.  I advise sunscreen and tick repellent too

Directions

We’ll meet at Shawnee’s General Store 732 Mt Moosilauke Hwy, Wentworth, NH 03282 at 9:00 a.m. and carpool from there.   We’ll be visiting sites in the Warren and Wentworth areas.    We’ll wrap up around 4:00 p.m.  There’s always ice cream at Moose Scoops in Warren afterwards.  

Sunday, August 31, 2025
Wentworth, NH · Directions
Meet at 9:00 AM
Hosted by Eupatorium
7/10 signed up
 Monarchs in the Mountains

About this event

Trade in your hiking poles for butterfly nets for the day and get a close-up look at some of the beauty migrating through NH.  Enjoy an aerobic workout netting monarch butterflies, tagging them with stickers from the University of Kansas’ Monarch Watch program https://monarchwatch.org, and releasing them.  Not to worry, I’ll have extra nets.  This is a great opportunity to learn more about this amazing insect species and contribute to a better understanding of their migratory behavior.

 Please bring water and snack/lunch to get you through the day.  I advise sunscreen and tick repellent too

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We’ll meet at Shawnee’s General Store 732 Mt Moosilauke Hwy, Wentworth, NH 03282 at 9:00 a.m. and carpool from there.   We’ll be visiting sites in the Warren and Wentworth areas.    We’ll wrap up around 4:00 p.m.  There’s always ice cream at Moose Scoops in Warren afterwards.  

Who's going (7)

Eupatorium GUEST MEMBER
Eupatorium
Mathias, WV
Gandalf SUSTAINING
Gandalf
Thornton, NH
JPHiker SUSTAINING
JPHiker
Jamaica Plain, MA
HikerBiker SUSTAINING
HikerBiker
Manchester, NH
benj58 SUSTAINING
benj58
Waltham, MA
kalevine GUEST MEMBER
kalevine
Buzzards Bay, MA
A member
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Event discussion

A member · Aug 30, 2025
Hi Mathias, i signed up late this afternoon. Hope you have an extra net for me to use. Thanks! Ricardo
Gandalf · Sep 2, 2025
We saw a bunch of monarchs in our yard today. It looks like we were one week too early.
Gandalf · Sep 2, 2025
We saw a bunch of monarchs in our yard today. It looks like we were one week too early.
Eupatorium · Sep 2, 2025
Ha! Timing is such an important part of life. ;-) I was able to tag several in Northampton, MA on Monday. Mother Nature and her curious ways...
JPHiker · Sep 3, 2025
The Monarchs are taunting us.....

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