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Environment & Energy

haikugal

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2. Monarchs took a very bad hit with that storm but the main issue for them is habitat loss and

Reply to Judi Lynn (Original post)

Sat May 14, 2016, 05:56 PM

May 2016

Migratory food scarcity. Plant milkweed for them to lay eggs on and food plants for their migration. It helps all the butterfly's but Monarchs depend on plants like Goldenrod when migrating.

http://www.monarchwatch.org

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Monarch butterfly population in jeopardy after Mexican storm [View all] Judi Lynn May 2016 OP

That's sad. I thought I had read somewhere that they were doing better. ReasonableToo May 2016 #1

Monarchs took a very bad hit with that storm but the main issue for them is habitat loss and haikugal May 2016 #2