trymahjong Posted July 6, 2015 Share Posted July 6, 2015 Saw in the Chronicle today that State Comptroller Glenn Hegar approved funds to study Monarch Butterfly decline. A quick search of Internet showed plenty of articles concerning Monarch decline. I have only seen a very few this Spring and Summer-- so Are they disappearing from Houston? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Pragmatist Posted July 6, 2015 Share Posted July 6, 2015 Saw in the Chronicle today that State Comptroller Glenn Hegar approved funds to study Monarch Butterfly decline. A quick search of Internet showed plenty of articles concerning Monarch decline. I have only seen a very few this Spring and Summer-- so Are they disappearing from Houston? I was actually thinking about this a few weeks ago. When I really young in the 90's, they were everywhere around this time of year. Now, I may see only a few in the entire year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mollusk Posted July 6, 2015 Share Posted July 6, 2015 feh - according to John Oliver, butterflies are just pretentious, high maintenance moths... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trymahjong Posted July 6, 2015 Author Share Posted July 6, 2015 feh - ... Sigh 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
august948 Posted July 7, 2015 Share Posted July 7, 2015 Saw one in my yard yesterday. I see them occasionally, but never in abundance, where I live on the west side. Are there areas of Houston where they are (or used to be) common? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trymahjong Posted July 7, 2015 Author Share Posted July 7, 2015 I live where Montrose meets Midtown in Avondale and really planted the milkweeds in my yard--and other flowering plants I thought might attract butterflies. In the past few years it seemed like I usually could see a few each day every day. Not really none so far this year-- I thought it might be the the huge rains but I did some more surfing on internet-http://ens-newswire.com/2015/04/06/insecticide-blamed-for-monarch-butterfly-decline/ Now I'm wondering if milkweed flourishes in Texas or Oklahoma or Kansas (etc etc etc) pastures anymore. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tumbleweed_Tx Posted July 8, 2015 Share Posted July 8, 2015 Monsanto killed them all with Roundup and GMOs. There are less and less bugs everywhere. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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