# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Monarch Butterfly Tagging
- **Event Start and End Date**: Sun, 30 Aug, 2026 at 12:00 pm – Sun, 30 Aug, 2026 at 03:00 pm (-04:00)
- **Event Description**: Join us in this Citizen Science opportunity to tag Monarch Butterflies to contribute to scientists' efforts to monitor dwindling Monarch Populations. 

Boyd Big Tree Conservation Area is home to an abundance of Milkweed plants, which is the host plant for Monarch development, making it the perfect place to tag them before they begin their migratory journey.  Come anytime between 12-2:30PM for an opportunity to learn and place your own tag!

All materials will be provided, it is advised to bring sunscreen, bug spray, drinking water, and comfortable walking shoes.

Meet: There will be a make-shift parking lot by the cemetery in Boyd Big Tree Preserve
GPS Location: 40.363422, -76.869181
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/harrisburg/monarch-butterfly-tagging/200030570146304
- **Event Categories**: science-fair
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 0

## Ticket Details


## Event venue details

- **city**: Harrisburg
- **state**: PA
- **country**: United States
- **location**: Boyd Big Tree Preserve Conservation Area
- **lat**: 40.355
- **long**: -76.858055555556
- **full address**: Boyd Big Tree Preserve Conservation Area, Boyd Big Tree Preserve Conservation Area, Harrisburg, PA 17112, United States

## Event gallery

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When and where is Monarch Butterfly Tagging being held?
  - **A:** Monarch Butterfly Tagging takes place on Sun, 30 Aug, 2026 at 12:00 pm to Sun, 30 Aug, 2026 at 03:00 pm at Boyd Big Tree Preserve Conservation Area, Boyd Big Tree Preserve Conservation Area, Harrisburg, PA 17112, United States.
- **Q**: Who is organizing Monarch Butterfly Tagging?
  - **A:** Monarch Butterfly Tagging is organized by Memorial Lake State Park.

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