The field behind our house had all the milkweed it's ever had, maybe more, but
about an eighth of the Monarchs this year. I saw so few I forgot they were
supposed to be there.
--Bob Whitmire
Certified Neanderthal
On Nov 21, 2013, at 7:19 PM, usher99@xxxxxxx wrote:
>>>> Very few Monarch Flutterbys this year in Maine. Even the butterfly
> garden
>>>> on MDI had only a couple of beat up ones
>
>
> Yes, this year has been the absolute worst for Monarchs I have ever
> seen during the usual total b'fly count I participated in the local
> chapter of NABA.
> May be due to not enough milkweed from excessive success eradicating
> all weeds from soy and corn fields in US superimposed on weather issues.
>
>
> http://monarchwatch.org/blog/2013/03/monarch-butterfly-survey-points-to-lowest-numbers-in-20-years/
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