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Western Monarch Thanksgiving Count Tallies Over 330,000 Butterflies Before Storms Batter Overwintering Sites

By Isis Howard and Emma Pelton on 31. January 2023 from the Xerces Blog additions by Wings of Change The Western Monarch Thanksgiving Count launched in 1997, by the Xerces Society celebrates its 25th year of community science with a surprising and remarkable outcome: 247,237 monarch butterflies observed across western overwintering sites, an over 100-fold […]

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Monarch Butterfly Overwintering Sites

Interactive Map of Monarch Overwintering Sites1997-2021 This is an interactive map of the monarch butterfly overwintering sites along the Pacific Coast recorded since 1997.  Zoom into areas or enter an address to see records.  This map was created by Monarchwesterncount.org.  The Monarch Butterfly is ENDANGERED THEY NEED YOUR HELP! The monarch butterfly was identified as

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The Monarch Butterflies are on their journey, and they need your help!

The Monarch Butterflies are coming, and they need your help! Just as the sun sets and rises, the Monarch Butterflies are making their way back to overwinter in Mexico and California. This one-way journey was first recorded in 1820. The tiny butterflies can travel up to 3,000 miles and have been recorded flying up to 5.5 miles

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🦋 Seed Give Away

Wings of change is offering free seeds to help the internationally endangered monarch butterfly, and up 75 other pollinators. You can help provide critical habitat for the iconic monarch butterflies as they migrate across the United States back to their over wintering areas along the coast in California and Mexico. These drought tolerant seeds are

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