30,000 milkweeds planted around California in effort to save Western monarch butterfly.

The Western monarch butterfly is disappearing before our eyes. The number of graceful, black-and-orange winged insects overwintering in coastal California this year dropped to under 2,000, compared with more than 29,000 the year before. And that was already a fraction of its previous population.

https://www.sfchronicle.com/local/environment/amp/30-000-milkweeds-planted-up-and-down-California-16213857.php

Posted on May 31, 2021 09:46 PM by biohexx1