US EditionMonarch Butterflies Populations Have Plummeted over Last Three Decades
EASTERN NORTH AMERICA, JUL 28 – Community science programs report 16,000 monarch sightings and 68,000 milkweed plants in 2024, aiming to counter an 80% decline in eastern monarch populations since the 1990s.
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It’s time to look for monarch butterflies
“Mission Monarch complete,” I said, grinning as I emerged from the forest of Central Penjajawoc Preserve in Bangor. Sweaty and covered with thorn scratches, I’d just spent a couple of hours searching the leaves of milkweed plants for monarch caterpillars. I found seven – and each one was important. Monarchs have seen a sharp population decline in recent years. Right now — July 25 through Aug. 3 — is the International Monarch Monitoring Blitz, a …
·Bangor, United States
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The population is invited to document the current breeding period of monarch butterflies to enable scientists in Canada, the United States and Mexico to better protect this endangered insect.
·Saint-Georges, Canada
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