Monarch Madness Festival at Hashawha Environmental Center & Bear Branch Nature Center on Saturday celebrated the arrival of fall by spotlighting the annual migration of monarch butterflies as they begin their journey south to Mexico.
Paper butterflies at the Monarch Madness Festival at Hashawha Environmental Center. (Thomas Walker/Freelance)Clair Sanders, left, Summer and Brody Brenner pose as Kelly Brenner takes a picture of them with their butterfly puppets at the Monarch Madness Festival at Hashawha Environmental Center. (Thomas Walker/Freelance)
Rose Dickson, 4, is on the hunt for butterflies at the Monarch Madness Festival at Hashawha Environmental Center. (Thomas Walker/Freelance)Participants set out for a wagon ride at the Monarch Madness Festival at Hashawha Environmental Center.(Thomas Walker/Freelance)Zeke Lawson, 2, poses for a monarch photo at the Monarch Madness Festival at Hashawha Environmental Center. (Thomas Walker/Freelance)
Reese Lawson, 4, smiles as her father, Jim, takes her picture as a monarch butterfly at the Monarch Madness Festival at Hashawha Environmental Center. (Thomas Walker/Freelance)Kelly Brenner, left to right, Claire Sanders, Summer and Brody Brenner walk toward the nature center at the Monarch Madness Festival at Hashawha Environmental Center. (Thomas Walker/Freelance)Gabriel Pierellis, 2, points to a monarch caterpillar in his brother Sebastian’s hand as Mary Hoy assists at the Monarch Madness Festival at Hashawha Environmental Center. (Thomas Walker/Freelance)
A volunteer tags a monarch butterfly shortly before it is released at the Monarch Madness Festival at Hashawha Environmental Center. (Thomas Walker/Freelance)A paper butterfly is displayed at the Monarch Madness Festival at Hashawha Environmental Center. (Thomas Walker/Freelance)Leslie McGowan smiles as Ella Blair, 4, listens to a volunteer sing at the Monarch Madness Festival at Hashawha Environmental Center. (Thomas Walker/Freelance)
Aubrey Greenfelder looks skyward after releasing a monarch butterfly at the Monarch Madness Festival at Hashawha Environmental Center. (Thomas Walker/Freelance)Mary Hoy, right, shows Aubrey Greensfelder, 8, a small monarch caterpillar at the Monarch Madness Festival at Hashawha Environmental Center. (Thomas Walker/Freelance)A monarch butterfly waits to be released at the Monarch Madness Festival at Hashawha Environmental Center.(Thomas Walker/Freelance)
Maggie Kunz searches for butterflies at the Monarch Madness Festival at Hashawha Environmental Center.(Thomas Walker/Freelance)Aubrey Greensfelder, 8, gets a close-up look at butterfly eggs at the Monarch Madness Festival at Hashawha Environmental Center. (Thomas Walker/Freelance)Alison Malachowski, dressed as a monarch, speaks with volunteer Jenna Mele at the Monarch Madness Festival at Hashawha Environmental Center. (Thomas Walker/Freelance)
Michael and Patricia Swam sit and chat at the Monarch Madness Festival at Hashawha Environmental Center.(Thomas Walker/Freelance)
