Posted by: Sandy Steinman | December 1, 2011

Its A Good Year For Monarch Butterflies

This may be a good year  for Monarch Butterflies.  The Xerces Society reports that this year’s Monarch reports are coming in higher throughout California.  However this is after  a 90 percent drop in the Western monarch population over the last thirteen years.  The annual Western Monarch count, which took place over Thanksgiving will show more when the results are published. Read more in the S.F. Chronicle Monarch butterflies return in surprising numbers.


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  1. Ken Lanovich's avatar

    Right now on a Lilac bush in my backyard, there are hundreds of Monarch butterflies enjoying the flowers. I have not seen so many Monarchs since the early 1960`s. April 15, 2012 Evergreen Park, Illinois

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