Butterflies

Monarchs. I do not like this, Sam I Am…

The latest tally of 200,000 monarchs in forested groves in California’s central coast has dropped from the 1.2 million counted two decades ago, indicating the number of butterflies found west of the Rocky Mountains, or the so-called western population, continues to sharply decline, the Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation said in a report.

Click here to read the full article “Count marks sharp drop in monarch butterflies wintering in California” by Laura Zuckerman for Business Insider.

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