>>>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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