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If you find yourself in California's Monterey Bay area (Santa Cruz, Watsonville, Salinas, Monterey) there are still Monarch habitats you can visit. It's worth
by retrocryptid 4y ago
If you find yourself in California's Monterey Bay area (Santa Cruz, Watsonville, Salinas, Monterey) there are still Monarch habitats you can visit. It's worth seeing if you're halfway interested in nature.
And if you live in the area you can plant flowers to support the Monarch migration. I learned recently you're not supposed to plant milkweed close to the established breeding habitats, just plant regular wildflowers they can feed on while they're headed to the butterfly sex party.
https://www.pgmuseum.org/how-to-help-monarchs https://www.pgmuseum.org/how-to-help-monarchs
- valarauko 4y ago> you're not supposed to plant milkweed close to the established breeding habitats Overwintering sites, not breeding sites. Monarchs migrating south & at the winter roosting sites don't need milkweed since they're not breeding or laying eggs. While the overwintering sites are in Central Mexico, the breeding sites for the northern migrants is in the Southwestern US - where they do need milkweed. Exposure to milkweed while overwintering triggers breeding and laying eggs, which is disruptive to the migration pattern. Native Milkweed elsewhere along the northern migration path is beneficial, just not where they're wintering.