Monarch Butterflies and Public Awareness
Background information
Nature’s most satisfying creature is the monarch butterfly. Add statistic The monarch butterfly is
known for the migration that it makes every year from North America to Mexico, but in recent
years fewer butterfilies have been returning add 4 problems . That is because the monarch
butterfly is in grave
Danger.
The monarch butterfly, as known as Danaus plexippus, National Wildlife Federation blog http://blog.nwf.org/2015/02/saving-monarchs/
Despite being ecologically important and an often ornamental wildflower, many consider
milkweed a weed to be eradicated, both in agricultural lands as well as in the urban and
suburban landscape.
Even when milkweed isn’t being targeted …show more content…
Flight of the butterflies www.flightofthebutterflies.com
Following the year-long annual migration cycle of the butterflies, the award-winning production team filmed hundreds of millions of monarchs in their remote overwintering sanctuaries in Mexico in 2011 and again in 2012 and also along their migratory routes from Canada, across the U.S. and into Mexico. Problem Population Decline
Monarch numbers are down and people are wondering why. This article examines the factors that contributed to the recent decline, and the downward trend over the past decade.
What factors have caused the monarch population to decline so dramatically during the past three years? Habitat loss has been accelerating, and weather events have played a role.
Drought and excessive heat in the mid-continent during summer 2012 resulted in low reproduction. Historically, the U.S. Corn Belt has produced half of the monarchs that migrate to Mexico. Drought in that region is cited as major factor that contributed to the decline.
The area of forest covered with monarchs was only 3 acres, compared to the 17-acre
Background information
Nature’s most satisfying creature is the monarch butterfly. Add statistic The monarch butterfly is
known for the migration that it makes every year from North America to Mexico, but in recent
years fewer butterfilies have been returning add 4 problems . That is because the monarch
butterfly is in grave
Danger.
The monarch butterfly, as known as Danaus plexippus, National Wildlife Federation blog http://blog.nwf.org/2015/02/saving-monarchs/
Despite being ecologically important and an often ornamental wildflower, many consider
milkweed a weed to be eradicated, both in agricultural lands as well as in the urban and
suburban landscape.
Even when milkweed isn’t being targeted …show more content…
Flight of the butterflies www.flightofthebutterflies.com
Following the year-long annual migration cycle of the butterflies, the award-winning production team filmed hundreds of millions of monarchs in their remote overwintering sanctuaries in Mexico in 2011 and again in 2012 and also along their migratory routes from Canada, across the U.S. and into Mexico. Problem Population Decline
Monarch numbers are down and people are wondering why. This article examines the factors that contributed to the recent decline, and the downward trend over the past decade.
What factors have caused the monarch population to decline so dramatically during the past three years? Habitat loss has been accelerating, and weather events have played a role.
Drought and excessive heat in the mid-continent during summer 2012 resulted in low reproduction. Historically, the U.S. Corn Belt has produced half of the monarchs that migrate to Mexico. Drought in that region is cited as major factor that contributed to the decline.
The area of forest covered with monarchs was only 3 acres, compared to the 17-acre