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KWEC Butterfly Festival

KWEC Butterfly Festival
592 NE K-156 Highway

Each year, millions of monarch butterflies undertake their annual fall flight to Mexico. Nets and tags will be available during the event for those who want to capture and tag monarch butterflies.  Participants head out into the flower-filled fields and shelter belt around KWEC to capture monarchs, with tagging leaders stationed along the trail to help with the tagging process.  For the past several years, monarchs tagged at the event were recovered at three Mexico roost sites.

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11th Annual KWEC Butterfly Festival

The Kansas Wetlands Education Center’s 11th annual Butterfly Festival will be held on Saturday, September 28 from 9:00am – 12:00pm. Each year, millions of monarch butterflies undertake their annual fall flight to Mexico. Nets and tags…

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