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LOCAL STDUP - monarch tagging

A monarch butterfly named Eddie, sits on a tree branch outside the museum after being released with a transmitter on him Wednesday.

Assiniboine Park Zoo and  Living Prairie Museum staff tag monarch butterflies f.with real-time trackers to learn from their winter migration Wednesday.  This is the first time Manitoba butterfly travel will be tracked. 
 
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Aug 26th,,  2026

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Ruth Bonneville / Free Press LOCAL STDUP - monarch tagging A monarch butterfly named Eddie, sits on a tree branch outside the museum after being released with a transmitter on him Wednesday. Assiniboine Park Zoo and Living Prairie Museum staff tag monarch butterflies f.with real-time trackers to learn from their winter migration Wednesday. This is the first time Manitoba butterfly travel will be tracked. See story Aug 26th,, 2026

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