Mariposa Concern
I have only started seeing monarch butterflies around in the last month or so - not too many but you notice even a few, they are so gorgeous. Usually, they migrate through here in a brilliant tapestry in October or so, on their way to Mexico. There is usually a day where they are absolutely everywhere - a flutterby wonderland. I didn't see that this year at all. What's the deal?
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GMO crops + increased herbicide usage = no milkweed b/w fields == no food for caterpillars. :(
Boo. I have often considered planting milkweed so we could raise monarchs(a conservation thing and so fun), but it's pretty poisonous, so I have stuck to raising painted ladies who don't really need conserving. Poisonous plants make me anxious.
And actually, I just got a closer look and these butterflies I am seeing now are not monarchs - they are just some very bright, big painted ladies or something. No monarchs at all this year.
Maybe painted ladies, maybe gulf fritillaries, maybe viceroys - I don't know - but not monarchs.
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