I was saddened to read that this winter, over half of the Monarch butterfly population overwintering in Mexico died from severe storms. This summer will be the third summer in which I raise Monarchs from egg to butterfly—I've even got teeny milkweed seedlings under lights upstairs right now, eagerly awaiting their future date with hungry Monarch caterpillars.
But what if there aren't enough Monarchs to come back??
Now, severe storms will happen (increasingly so these days, it...
Published on March 31, 2010 11:15