Comments on: Monarch Butterfly Wintering Population at All Time Low http://www.ecosystemgardening.com/monarch-butterfly-wintering-population-at-all-time-low.html Create Wildlife Habitat. Protect the Environment Wed, 08 Feb 2012 05:06:59 +0000 hourly 1 By: Linda Payne http://www.ecosystemgardening.com/monarch-butterfly-wintering-population-at-all-time-low.html/comment-page-1#comment-4380 Linda Payne Wed, 18 Aug 2010 18:47:45 +0000 http://www.ecosystemgardening.com/?p=1487#comment-4380 In your article you said that the monarch butterfly is at its all time low in the last fifteen years. I live in Owensboro Kentucky, and go to college there. In our ecology class, we have discusses how there seems to be an over-population of this beautiful creature in our surrounding communities. I was wondering if you might give us an answer to why we are so blessed as the rain fall has been especially low, although not drought conditions. Thanks for your time. Linda Payne In your article you said that the monarch butterfly is at its all time low in the last fifteen years. I live in Owensboro Kentucky, and go to college there. In our ecology class, we have discusses how there seems to be an over-population of this beautiful creature in our surrounding communities. I was wondering if you might give us an answer to why we are so blessed as the rain fall has been especially low, although not drought conditions. Thanks for your time. Linda Payne

]]> By: Butterfly Gardening for Monarchs: Got Milkweed? http://www.ecosystemgardening.com/monarch-butterfly-wintering-population-at-all-time-low.html/comment-page-1#comment-2098 Butterfly Gardening for Monarchs: Got Milkweed? Tue, 06 Apr 2010 17:01:03 +0000 http://www.ecosystemgardening.com/?p=1487#comment-2098 [...] year 100 million Monarch butterflies make an extraordinary journey, some of them traveling all the way from Canada to the Transvolcanic Mountains in Mexico, where [...] [...] year 100 million Monarch butterflies make an extraordinary journey, some of them traveling all the way from Canada to the Transvolcanic Mountains in Mexico, where [...]

]]> By: Carole Brown http://www.ecosystemgardening.com/monarch-butterfly-wintering-population-at-all-time-low.html/comment-page-1#comment-1355 Carole Brown Mon, 22 Feb 2010 20:50:08 +0000 http://www.ecosystemgardening.com/?p=1487#comment-1355 Bowman's Hill Wildflower Preserve has a wonderful native plant sale every May. They usually have Swamp and Common Milkweed as well as Butterfly Weed. Also <a href="http://www.bhwp.org/seed_catalog/index.htm" rel="nofollow">they carry seeds, which are available online</a>. Bowman’s Hill Wildflower Preserve has a wonderful native plant sale every May. They usually have Swamp and Common Milkweed as well as Butterfly Weed. Also they carry seeds, which are available online.

]]> By: Jennifer Sheffield http://www.ecosystemgardening.com/monarch-butterfly-wintering-population-at-all-time-low.html/comment-page-1#comment-1339 Jennifer Sheffield Mon, 22 Feb 2010 03:46:03 +0000 http://www.ecosystemgardening.com/?p=1487#comment-1339 Carole, where did you get your common milkweed initially? As I mentioned in our wind-filled conversation, we've tried from seed and from a plant, and we're not sure whether it was timing or placement or the seed itself that didn't take. For example, there were some little orange bugs in the pod, and we weren't sure whether they might have damaged the seeds in some way. Thanks, Jen Carole, where did you get your common milkweed initially? As I mentioned in our wind-filled conversation, we’ve tried from seed and from a plant, and we’re not sure whether it was timing or placement or the seed itself that didn’t take. For example, there were some little orange bugs in the pod, and we weren’t sure whether they might have damaged the seeds in some way.
Thanks,
Jen

]]> By: Alison Kerr http://www.ecosystemgardening.com/monarch-butterfly-wintering-population-at-all-time-low.html/comment-page-1#comment-1118 Alison Kerr Wed, 10 Feb 2010 23:32:38 +0000 http://www.ecosystemgardening.com/?p=1487#comment-1118 The plant I'm talking about is Cynanchum laeve - honeyvine milkweed. Here is the link to its entry in the NRCS plant database: http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=CYLA&mapType=nativity&photoID=amal3_001_ahp.tif The plant I’m talking about is Cynanchum laeve – honeyvine milkweed.

Here is the link to its entry in the NRCS plant database:
http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=CYLA&mapType=nativity&photoID=amal3_001_ahp.tif

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