Comment on Monarch Butterflies Are Recommended for Protected Status | They would become the most commonly seen species to receive federal protection if the proposal is adopted.

TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

• silence7@slrpnk.net ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  That’s very late in the season for most places in the US; almost all the monarchs are in diapause at their wintering grounds now. There are a few places where cultivated milkweed has created year-round populations. I’m guessing that you’re at one of those.

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  • TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    I’ll give you a hint. It had just emerged from its cocoon.

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