Lack of Milkweed Is Not Harming Monarch Butterfly Populations
People who attended the 2013 Annual Meeting of the Entomological Society of America are likely to remember Dr. Anurag Agrawal, who talked about Dame Miriam Rothschild when he presented the […]
Green Alternatives May Control Stink Bugs and Help Monarch Butterflies
Dr. Patricia Glynn Tillman, an entomologist with the U.S. Department of Agriculture in Tifton, Georgia, has found a green alternative for controlling various stink bugs that attack crops, which may […]
National Weather Service Predicts Strong Chances of Monarch Butterflies
Last week the U.S. National Weather Service posted satellite photos to their Facebook page of large clouds over the St. Louis area, which they identified as monarch butterflies. “High differential […]
Monarch Butterflies Use a Magnetic Compass During Migration
Each fall millions of monarch butterflies use a sophisticated navigation system to traverse 2,000 miles from breeding sites across the United States to an overwintering habitat in specific groves of […]