We acres of milkweed but no Monarchs this year. I think Monsanto has
killed them all.
Tina
On Fri, Nov 22, 2013 at 9:16 PM, Chuck Norcutt <
chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I saw a bumper sticker on the back of a car yesterday which said
> something like: "Save the Monarchs, plant milkweed"
>
> Chuck Norcutt
>
>
> On 11/21/2013 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/
> >
> > Concerned Mike
> >
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