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Comment by Nazda Pokmov on January 7, 2019 at 4:40pm

You can thank the radiation in the air from Fukapajama for this die off....and don't forget the die off of the Pacific....there is nothing alive there any longer.

Comment by Boris on January 7, 2019 at 12:32pm

Monarch butterfly numbers plummet 86 percent in California

CLAUDIA BOYD-BARRETT | SPECIAL TO VENTURA COUNTY STAR

Updated 2 hours ago



Biologists puzzled as monarch butterfly population plummets in California
In some places, the western monarch butterfly population has dropped 86% compared to a year ago.
CAMARILLO, Calif. – The number of monarch butterflies turning up at California's overwintering sites has dropped by about 86 percent compared to only a year ago, according to the Xerces Society, which organizes a yearly count of the iconic creatures.


That’s bad news for a species whose numbers have already declined an estimated 97 percent since the 1980s.

Each year, monarchs in the western United States migrate from inland areas to California’s coastline to spend the winter, usually between September and February.

“It’s been the worst year we’ve ever seen,” said Emma Pelton, a conservation biologist with the Xerces Society who helps lead the annual Thanksgiving count. “We already know we’re dealing with a really small population, and now we have a really bad year and all of a sudden, we’re kind of in crisis mode where we have very, very few butterflies left.

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