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Seppdizzle t1_iscbtn2 wrote

Reply to comment by Lieutenant_Joe in Alaska's cancellation of the snow crab season offers a grave, potential prediction for Maine's lobster industry. by combatbydesign

Monarch butterfly is endangered too...

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Lieutenant_Joe t1_iscby68 wrote

Yup

Planning on planting milkweed next year in our garden

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combatbydesign OP t1_iscgfip wrote

Have an up vote.

(P.S.: I upvoted your other comment too, but people are dumb.)

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jellyrollo t1_iscw13z wrote

Monarch butterflies are endangered in large part because they lay their eggs on the only plants their larvae can eat, milkweeds. Habitat loss due to development of "wasteland" meadows and "weed" eradication efforts in general is the cause. Those of us who live in monarch migration paths are attempting to plant milkweed in our yards in hopes of helping to offset those losses.

But don't forget that the "charismatic" insects aren't the only ones vital to the food chain.

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Seppdizzle t1_iscwzbg wrote

That's wonderful! I've planted milkweed as well, neat to see them grow and finding the cocoons :)

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K8nK9s t1_ise5i84 wrote

Sad but true. Their winter habitat is endangered by illegal logging. The monarchs we see up here in Maine are the 4th step in their migration process, the largest iteration, the ones that fly all the way back to Mexico to overwinter. Some day soon the ones hatching out in the northern milkweed patches will be the last.

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