Butterflies of California's Journal

Journal archives for July 2019

14 July, 2019

This little, endangered blue butterfly is making a comeback across Los Angeles County.

Each new generation of the El Segundo Blue is a sign of hope. The species has been federally endangered for decades, stung by the decimation of sea-cliff buckwheat plants amid urban sprawl.

https://www.dailybreeze.com/2019/07/12/watch-carefully-this-little-blue-butterfly-is-making-a-comeback-across-los-angeles-county/amp/

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18 July, 2019

BUTTERFLIES VS. BORDERS.

SAVING THE NATIONAL BUTTERFLY CENTER AND A WILDLIFE REFUGE CORRIDOR FROM IMMINENT DEVASTATION.

https://intercontinentalcry.org/butterflies-vs-borders/

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22 July, 2019

Scientists scramble to learn why monarch butterflies are dying so quickly.

A smaller monarch population in the western United States that migrates between California and the Pacific Northwest is disappearing even faster, dropping from 1.2 million in the 1990s to just 30,000 last year -- a 98 percent drop.

https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2019/07/22/Scientists-scramble-to-learn-why-monarch-butterflies-are-dying-so-quickly/6961563481223/

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23 July, 2019

Butterflies are More than Party Favors.

“Butterflies raised by unregulated commercial interests may spread diseases and parasites to wild populations, with devastating results. Often, butterflies are released great distances from their points of origin, resulting in inappropriate genetic mixing of different populations when the same species is locally present. When it is not, a non-native species is being introduced in the area of release. At best, this confuses studies of butterfly distribution and migration; at worst, it may result in deleterious changes to the local ecology.”

https://baynature.org/2019/07/23/butterflies-are-more-than-party-favors/

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28 July, 2019

Monarch Butterflies Will Flock to Monterey This October—and You Don’t Want to Miss Them.

It’s rare to see butterflies in everyday life, so imagine millions of them fluttering along forest groves. That’s exactly what happens every fall in areas around Monterey, an ocean city off the coast of California.

https://www.prevention.com/life/amp28505274/monarch-butterflies-migration-monterey-bay/

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