Posted on 07/21/2022 12:22:16 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
WASHINGTON (AP) — The monarch butterfly fluttered a step closer to extinction Thursday, as scientists put the iconic orange-and-black insect on the endangered list because of its fast dwindling numbers.
“It’s just a devastating decline,” said Stuart Pimm, an ecologist at Duke University who was not involved in the new listing. “This is one of the most recognizable butterflies in the world.”
The International Union for the Conservation of Nature added the migrating monarch butterfly for the first time to its “red list” of threatened species and categorized it as “endangered” — two steps from extinct.
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Perhaps they can just spend the summer in Oregon or Washington instead of southern Mexico if the climate has gotten too hot
two steps towards extinction...
aren’t we all.
Oh, no! Is this because of global warming? Poor little insect...
I haven’r seen any this year, and we have several acres full of all manner of life.
I have lots of them in my backyard.
Also lots of milkweed plants.
Their base in Mexico is being logged. A big protected area was sprayed a few years back by loggers who wanted them out so they could go in.
The only solution. Get rid of traditional farming and move to indoor grown/cultured foodstuff & get everyone to move from rural areas to the cities so that flyover country can go back to wilderness.
“The monarch butterfly fluttered a step closer to extinction Thursday, as scientists put the iconic orange-and-black insect on the endangered list”
Well, then they should take it off the list right now!
Also lots of milkweed plants.
It's the lack of milkweed plants that affect the population of Monarchs.
Whatever happened to the honey bee crisis?
My wife has planted a few milkweed plants the last two years and we have seen a few. But mostly bumblebees.
I keep 5 acres in milkweed for them. I had thoughts of joining the Monarch conservancy group but it was just too much BS. All you gotta do is not cut the milkweed so I didn’t and let it grow up.
We are not on the main flyway though. When I was growing up we were and they were thick in the pecan grove down by the creek.
What a shame for everyone they are in such trouble.
Got a cool photo of one in my yard the other day.
Mexico is always doing their part for conservation and globull warming. Excuse me, climate change.
Heathens.
Wind generators/bird and butterfly choppers!
Milkweed lined roads now get sprayed with roundup.
The "as well as climate change" is BS. Its a Pavlovian response that any "scientist" adds to any "analysis" of any change in nature. An asteroid could hit the earth and it would be due to climate change.
The real reason the Monarch Butterfly is going extinct is because of the first part of her answer - development and herbicides.
Back in 2016 they were devastated by an ice storm in Mexico, they’re still recovering. Heat isn’t there issue.
But, but...from June 2022:
Now, on top of everything else, we have fake butterfly news.
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