More about Monarchs....during migration

[Mmathis]

A friend posted this on Face Book.

http://m.csmonitor.com/Science/2016/0823/How-we-all-can-help-monarch-butterflies-as-they-migrate

 

[Meyer Jordan]

Great article, thanks for posting. Herbicide and pesticide use is far more of a problem for Monarchs than food availability.

 

[j.w]

I've planted some lovely Black Eyed Susan plants and hope they will enjoy them. I dug up some pretty plants in an abandoned property that have little purple flowers on them. Not sure what they are but they are prolly something the butterflies might like.

 

[Mmathis]

Pretty, @j.w I don't have anything blooming right now, but there are some plants growing at the rear of the turtle habitat that I strongly suspect are goldenrods. They're not flowering yet, but look like they might soon.

Does anyone know if monarchs are attracted to "butterfly feeders?" They're like hummer feeders, I think, but I picture ours (if we had any) would be covered with the wasps!

 

[Lisak1]

If you have Netflix, check out The Flight of the Butterflies. Super interesting!