In 2022, the International Union for Conservation of Nature listed migratory monarch butterflies as endangered. Grow regional milkweeds and nectar plants to give these butterflies a boost.
Monarch butterflies are poisonous to predators because of the chemicals in the milkweed they eat as caterpillars. In just the 9 to 14 days of the larval stage, a monarch caterpillar can grow to 2,700 ...
GOLETA, Calif- This time last year thousands of western monarch butterflies swarmed Ellwood Mesa in Goleta This year an alarming four butterflies have ...