You've probably seen monarch butterflies, and maybe monarch caterpillars, but there's a lot to learn about the monarch life ...
Milkweed is abundant in local nurseries as monarch enthusiasts seek to increase the declining population and backyard ...
Milkweed plants, which monarch larvae and caterpillars feed on, have been torn out for sidewalks, tennis courts and crops. Some of the flowering plants that remain are covered in harmful pesticides.
I have not seen where the Hempfield Township supervisors, in their infinite collective wisdoms and forethoughts, saved the monarch caterpillars’ chrysalis and milkweed before leveling the ground ...
She called monarch butterflies a "canary in the coal mine" for pollinators and the ecosystem, a warning more needs to be done ...