On 11/21/2013 4:19 PM, usher99@xxxxxxx wrote:
>> 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.
Certainly no shortage in the non tilled ares we visited. I will probably have
more, but here are three images I like.
<http://zone-10.com/tope2/main.php?g2_itemId=9590>
Weedy Moose
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