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Monarch Butterflies are now officially endangered
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Fox News, among many other outlets, posted that the Monarch butterfly is now officially on the endangered species list. "The International Union for the Conservation of Nature added the migrating monarch butterfly for the first time to its 'red list' of threatened species and categorized it as 'endangered' — two steps from extinct."
National Garden Bureau announces 2020 is Year of the Lantana
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This year the National Garden Bureau is giving lantana its due, announcing that 2020 is Year of the Lantana.
Wildflowers Help Fruit and Vegetable Pollinators
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Karla Arboleda recently published an article in Vegetable and Specialty Crop News, Wildflowers Help Watermelon Pollinators. In it, she reports, on conclusions reached by Miriam Jenkins, a graduate of Clemson University’s Wildlife and Fisheries Biology program. "For greater fruit quantity and quality, growers can use wildflowers to attract watermelon pollinators."
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Cracking The Mystery of Monarch Eggs
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According to an article published by Michigan State University, "Only about 5 percent of monarch eggs survive to become butterflies." Why is that? Is something eating them? To find out, "doctoral student Andrew Myers set up 24/7 surveillance to determine who is preying on the eggs."
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Clouds of Painted Ladies
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Swarms of Painted Lady butterflies are filling the skies in Southern California as they migrate north.
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