When just 200 Western monarch butterflies arrived in the Pismo Beach Butterfly Grove from their northerly migration last year, park rangers feared the treasured insect would soon be gone forever.
It’s expected that the monarch butterfly will be placed on the Endangered Species List soon, due to declines in both western and eastern monarch butterfly numbers.
CHECK OUT: Listen to Millions of Monarch Butterflies Make One of the Rarest Sounds on Earth: ‘Just like a waterfall’.
“The good news is that transportation agencies can adjust practices to help pollinators without compromising safety or other primary objectives.”.
So, unless a gardener know the difference between the two, planting nectar-ing flowers will, instead, provide valuable food sources along their long migration journey.
“You really can’t go wrong on that one, because you’re not just helping monarchs, you’re helping all pollinators,” she says.
Meanwhile, whatever has exploded the western monarch numbers this year is a welcome change and may well continue into the 2020s. »
