Gibbs Butterfly Park

Huntington Beach ­Tree Society

Cal Poly Tagging and Testing

Professor Francis Villablanca and his research team from the Biological Sciences Dept. at Cal Poly State University San Luis Obispo conducted a day of tagging and research on 50 butterflies. The butterflies were tagged with purple tags. They were tested for a disease specific to monarchs, wings measured, body density recorded, and females checked for eggs. [...]