The North American monarch butterfly has reached an all-time low in population according to this year’s census in Mexico where much of the population winters.
You can guess the main causes: the usual double-whammy of human action, habitat destruction and use of toxic chemicals. It’s like a globalization of West Virginia’s approach to the environment.
There are groves in California that are used by wintering monarchs. Here’s summary of what’s happened there this year: Fremont’s population left during cold snap. The count at Pacific Grove was over 11,000.
Bring back the milkweed!
Posted by: atowhee | January 29, 2014
THIS MONARCH HAS BEEN CARELESSLY DETHRONED
Posted in butterfly, california, conservation, natural history, research | Tags: Fremont, Mexico, Monarch butterfly, Pacific Grove, population
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This info on the Monarch losing habitat and milkweed was even on the news tonight with Brain Williams.
By: marieannette@q.com on January 29, 2014
at 7:17 pm
Reblogged this on Pete's Favourite Things and commented:
Having just posted about our experiences with going to pacific Grove to see the Monarchs it was disappointing to see this news
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