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gvstn

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10. This thing used to be so common when I was growing up just 30 years ago.

Reply to Omaha Steve (Original post)

Sun Sep 27, 2015, 04:20 PM

Sep 2015

You just don't see caterpillars and butterflys and bees like you used to. I have a plant that always attracted the earliest bees of the season but I haven't seen more than one bee there in the Spring (for 3 years) and the plant is not healthy. I think this is worse than anyone has expressed. Pesticides or something more? I am not sure.

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Our daughter & granddaughter rescued a Monarch butterfly caterpillar (UPDATED) [View all] Omaha Steve Sep 2015 OP

Great photos. stage left Sep 2015 #1

I borrowed the photos from the science site Omaha Steve Sep 2015 #8

Very cool. Good learning experience for your granddaughter Lochloosa Sep 2015 #2

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How Wonderful! sudenlyseymour Sep 2015 #4

Thanks for posting. madamvlb Sep 2015 #5

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I love Monarch butterflies. But the drought as taken a toll on my Milkweed plants. JDPriestly Sep 2015 #7

Thank you to them narnian60 Sep 2015 #9

This thing used to be so common when I was growing up just 30 years ago. gvstn Sep 2015 #10

Mexican forests that the Monarchs stay out the winter are disappearing to illegal logging Omaha Steve Sep 2015 #12

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What a great experience... Phentex Sep 2015 #13