"Across the board ... everyone is on alert because that eastern population of monarchs has been dwindling by heavy percentages since the 1990s." The decline can be attributed, in part, to the loss of ...
With vigorous debate surrounding the health of the monarch butterfly, new research may have answered the biggest question plaguing butterfly researchers. Why are the wintering populations declining ...
Staff at Milberger's Certified Butterfly Garden and area gardeners report that the migrating monarchs have already laid eggs that have hatched. The caterpillars are eating available milkweed.
Milkweed is the only host plant of monarch butterflies, meaning it’s the only plant on which monarchs will lay eggs and eat. Milkweed also provides a food source for many other pollinators.
OHIO, USA — The Ohio Pollinator Habitat Initiative (OPHI) is collecting milkweed pods due to the decline in the monarch butterfly population and its recent designation as an endangered species.
Colony estimates at central Mexico overwintering sites indicate that monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus) populations have declined over the past two decades. Among the leading causes of this ...