Monarch Mania, Sept. 15, 2012 8:30 aM - 11:30 AM, at the Quivira Refuge Visitors Center. Pre-Registration call 620-486-2393

Quivira National Wildlife Refuge provides a 22,000-acre way station for migrating Monarch butterflies that funnel through Kansas on their incredible journey south to over-wintering grounds in Central Mexico. Each September, the Friends of Quivira provide an opportunity for participants to capture and tag Monarch butterflies as part of the Monarch Watch tagging program.

To increase the chance of tagging success, butterfly capture and tagging will take place from 8 to 10 a.m. As participants arrive they will go out with a tagging leader.
At 10 a.m., Mark Neubrand, Salina, will give a kid-friendly presentation on butterfly photography. Mark has been photographing and drawing attention to Kansas butterflies through his printing business. He and his wife have certified their backyard as wildlife friendly and they raise black swallowtail butterflies. Following the presentation, children can make a butterfly and/or caterpillar craft. Information on attracting butterflies will also be available. The event will end with a door prize drawing.