How to ensure safe emergence from the chrysalis, see it happen, and ID sex of butterfly and tag!

When chrysalis are formed in the wrong place or when they fall, what to do is explained in this video. After the first 24 hours a chrysalis can be moved and either hung from a string or placed on a paper towel in an "emergence" chamber. I show both ways in this video. Viewers can also watch the eclose or emergence of a butterfly from the chrysalis. The whole process takes only 8 to 10 minutes but the butterfly must hang upside down for at least 24 hours to allow wings to harden and dry. After 24 hours the butterfly can be released, or tagged and released. I show viewers how to tag a butterfly using the tags and protocol from Monarch Watch. www.monarchwatch.com Viewers watch a tagged butterfly leave my hand and begin the migration to a area of Oyamel Fir forest in Mexico.