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Monarch Butterflies Migration in USA
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Reserva de la Biósfera Santuario Mariposa Monarca, Mexico, Michoacán.
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I remember as a kid in the 80s that these iconic large butterflies were everywhere in our garden, along with swallowtails of several species. It's been so disheartening to see an insect that was so plentiful be on the brink of extinction just a few decades later.
Individually we can only do so much about the effects of anthropogenic climate change, but here are a few things you can do to help monarch butterflies if you're in their range:
--No pesticides! These chemicals don't discriminate, and will harm all sorts of insects, not just the intended targets. In fact, the fewer yard chemicals you use, the better for your local ecosystem.
--Plant milkweed that is native to your area; even a few plants in pots count! Live Monarch (US), Monarch Watch (US), and Little Wings (Canada) all have free native milkweed seeds on a limited basis--and they appreciate donations of funds to help pay for more, too. Be aware that a lot of the milkweed on the general market consists of non-native tropical species that host parasites and also bloom late enough that they may cause monarchs to stop migrating south to overwintering grounds.
--Put out a watering station consisting of a shallow dish with a layer of rocks on the bottom and just enough water to not quite cover them so the butterflies can land and safely drink water without falling in.
--Support organizations like the ones mentioned above, and the Xerces Society of Invertebrate Conservation, which all help to protect monarch butterflies and other invertebrates.
#monarch butterflies#Danaus plexippus#butterflies#insects#invertebrates#invertblr#arthropods#endangered species#North America#extinction#environment#environmentalism#conservation#ecology
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“Monarch Sunlight” ~ By Madi Hudson on Flickr
#butterflies#monarch butterflies#insects#wildflowers#spring#yellow flowers#nature photography#macro photography#bokeheffect#goldenrod
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The Butterfly and the Cat. Lilly Martin Spencer (1822-1902)
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CHECK THIS OUT!!! This is so cool!
#solarpunk#monarch butterflies#native plants#south carolina natives#south carolina#South Carolina wildlife#read the whole article it’s so interesting
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We have close to hundred milkweed plants growing on our property. I noticed yesterday that a lot of the leaves have serious gnaw marks, telling me that the monarch caterpillar has been visiting. Then today, I saw three monarchs flitting around the yard near the milkweed. It takes steps like these, ordinary people doing ordinary things, to save species rather than waiting for the bureaucrats of the US Government to do their jobs.
Excerpt from this story from the Washington Post:
The migratory monarch butterfly, a North American icon with a continent-spanning annual journey, now faces the threat of extinction, according to a top wildlife monitoring group.
Thursday’s decision by the International Union for Conservation of Nature to declare the species endangered comes as years of habitat destruction and rising temperatures have decimated the fluttering orange itinerants’ population.
The species’ numbers have dropped between 22 and 72 percent over the past decade, according to the new assessment. Monarchs in the Western United States are in particular danger: The population declined by an estimated 99.9 percent, from as many as 10 million butterflies in the 1980s to fewer than 2,000 in 2021.
“It is difficult to watch monarch butterflies and their extraordinary migration teeter on the edge of collapse, but there are signs of hope,” said Anna Walker, an entomologist at the New Mexico BioPark Society who led the butterfly assessment.
The loss of monarchs underscores a looming extinction crisis worldwide, with profound implications for the humans who have caused it. One million species could disappear, according to the United Nations, a potential calamity not just for plants and animals but also for the people who depend on ecosystems for food and fresh water.
The IUCN is a network of governmental and nonprofit organizations that comprehensively tracks the status of species. Scientists from around the world work together to produce assessments.
Among butterflies, the monarch is not alone. Butterflies across the West are vanishing as the region gets hotter and drier. According to one recent study, a majority of 450 species across a swath of 11 Western states are dropping in numbers.
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Close your eyes, hear the butterflies. Photos from Miss Soapy
#Ominis Gaunt#Ominis#Hogwarts Legacy#Hogwarts#Herbology#Butterflies#Follow The Butterflies#Baby#Cinnamon roll#Hear The Butterflies#Listen#Monarch Butterflies
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Thousands of butterflies leaving the Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve in Michoacán, Mexico 🦋🦋
#butterflies#butterfly#Mexico#beautiful#nature#photography#goodvibes#happy#monarch#monarch butterflies
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A Bestiary. Written by Boynton Merrill, Jr. Illustrated by Robert James Foose. 1976.
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Oh right for anyone not around last summer: I have a little hobby where i raise monarch butterflies from eggs to adults, since I have a milkweed patch and the wild monarch survival rate is 5%. Gonna start chronicling this and will be tagging it "oruguitas saga" if you need to filter for bugs/insects. Anyway.
This year I've upgraded to a larger enclosure which will let me use milkweed cuttings instead of just snagging leaves and hoping for the best!
The bottom-center leaf has an egg on the underside, I took the whole top of the plant as a cutting because it was pretty new growth as opposed to the left and right cuttings, which are more mature. And if you look at the top of the left cutting...
You see this overachiever, the first egg I collected this season who is now well on their way to fulfilling their full butterfly potential. "But Seda!" you ask "Surely you have more babies on the way!"
I do, I certainly do. Behold the eggs due to hatch...probably tonight. Including a set of twins (ok either one monarch decided this spot was great and laid two eggs or another came along and copied the first). A penny for scale, and to show how rich they are:
They're living in a takeout food container for the moment but will be transferred to Right Cutting as soon as they're, you know, larva.
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