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The showy Tropical Milkweed (Asclepias curassavica) you have in your yard may be killing them.
What Monarch Butterflies Need | Los Angeles Times — SANTA MONICA BAY AUDUBON SOCIETY BLOG
The western monarch butterfly population wintering along California’s coast remains critically low for the second year in a row, a count by an environmental group released Thursday showed. The count of the orange-and-black insects by the Xerces Society, a nonprofit environmental organization that focuses on the conservation of invertebrates, recorded about 29,000 butterflies in its…
via California’s Monarch Butterfly Population Critically Low for 2nd Year in a Row — KTLA
You may have heard of the disappearance of the well-known conservationist that has been protecting the monarch butterflies that migrate to Mexico and winter there. Homero Gomez was last seen on January 13th. Monarchs have a number of threats including illegal logging that reduces the size of their winter habitat in Michoacán. I recently finished […]
via Monarch Threats and Winter Birds — Little Backyard World
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