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The Monarch Butterflies Need Your Help
Monarch butterflies are the most recognizable and beloved butterflies in North and Central America. Millions of monarchs migrate across the United States; spending their summers in Michigan and winters in Mexico. Despite the small size of monarch butterflies and other insects, they play a very large role in human lives. Insects travel to flowering plants, drinking nectar, and transporting pollen. This results in a pollination service that is responsible for 1/3 of the world's food source.
Due to a loss of habitat, the eastern Monarch population has declined by 90%. Other pollinators are experiencing a decline as well. Bees, which pollinate one third of the world's food crops, have declined 50% in recent decades. However, these alarming declines have sparked conservation programs across the nation to take action. Efforts to protect pollinators and restore habitat have been rewarded with a steady increase in monarch populations over the last few years.
In 2014, President Obama announced the first comprehensive pollinator program ever created in the federal government. The Presidential Memorandum was a collaborative effort between organizations, agencies, and federal departments to raise awareness and provide assistance to pollinators.
Pollinator health begins with you. Join us in celebrating monarchs, bees, and all other pollinators by becoming aware and participating in the tremendous ongoing conservation efforts!
How You Can Help
There are many different ways for YOU to help monarchs and other important pollinators in Michigan!
Report your monarch sightings throughJourney North and Monarch Joint Venture.
Report your bee sightings through the Bee spotter and Bumble Bee Watch.
Learn how to help and stay up to date with the latest pollinator information - Michigan State University Extension
Learn about creating monarch habitat and planting native milkweed - Monarch Joint Venture
Six ways to save monarchs - National Wildlife Federation Blog
Citizen science: opportunities to study monarchs - Monarch Joint Venture
Make a donation to the Nongame Wildlife Fund
Michigan Pollinator Gardening Tips
Michigan Pollinator Gardening Tips (Accessible)
Kids and Teachers
Learn more about monarchs and other important pollinators with these activities and resources:
Learn how to help and stay up to date with the latest pollinator information - Michigan State University Extension
Teaching about the Magnificent Monarch - Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies
Learn about creating monarch habitat and planting native milkweed - Monarch Joint Venture
Citizen science: opportunities to study monarchs - Monarch Joint Venture
School Yard Habitats program through National Wildlife Federation
Monarch Butterfly Info
Learn more about the monarch butterfly with the following resources:
Monarch Conservation - Xerces Society
Monarch Watch
Insects & Pollinators - US Department of Agriculture
Save the Monarch Butterfly - US Fish & Wildlife Service
Monarch Joint Venture resources
Monarch Butterfly Conservation Webinar Series - US Fish & Wildlife Service
Bee - Informed
Did you know globally there are more than 20,000 species of bees and nearly 3,500 species within the United States? Check out the links below for more about bees!
Bumble Bee Conservation - Xerces Society
Reversing Pollinator Decline is Key to Feeding the Future - US Department of Agriculture Blog
Bumble Bee Watch
Rusty Patched Bumble Bee: proposed listing as an endangered species - US Fish & Wildlife Service
Conservation Projects
What's the buzz? Learn all about current projects helping pollinators.
Pollinator Partnership
Monarch Joint Venture Projects
Michigan's Managed Pollinator Protection Plan
Protecting pollinators with cooperative action - Michigan Farm News
Michigan Monarch Strategy
Source: https://www.michigan.gov/dnr/education/michigan-species/insects/monarch
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WOO HOO!! THE MONARCH NURSERY IS OFFICIALLY ✺𝕆ℙ𝔼ℕ✺ IN SOUTHBURY, CT.!!! 🙌🦋🙌🦋🙌🦋🙌🦋🙌🦋🙌 I am BEYOND EXCITED!! My first eggs of the season!! I have been patiently waiting and today I feel like a little kid at Christmas!! I get immense joy from raining these little nuggets and seeing them into flutter hood , learning and caring for them! I have not been feeling well and this was the perfect addition for me while I am winding the road to recovery!! Between my new Birdie tenants; to opening the Monarch Nursery to seeing the first Hummer of the season at the feeder; June is shaping up into a FABEAUTIFUL MONTH!! 🌻HAPPY WEDNESDAY 🌻SUNFLOWERS… …AND FLUTTER ON IN PEACE ☮️ AND POSITIVITY!!🦋🌻 #monarch #monarchbutterfly #butterfliesofinstagram #plantmilkweed #savethemonarchs #monarchwaystation #monarchchrysalis #monarchwatch2022 #monarchwatch (at Southbury, Connecticut) https://www.instagram.com/p/CeRBMu1u7b3/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
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USA Native Plant Resource Masterlist
Because Google is totally useless and won't help you with ANYTHING
iNaturalist: Take photos of living things you see, post them, and the community will identify them for you. Data from iNaturalist is used in scientific research.
Wildflower.org Plant Database: Enter search criteria and find some plants. Very useful if you're looking for plants with specific qualities or know what you have in mind.
Native Plant Finder: This website is still in beta and is a work in progress, but it will show you plants for your area ranked by the number of butterflies that use them for their caterpillars.
WildflowerSearch: AMAZING resource for identification and for learning about new plants. Shows you where plants are native/not native, TONS of search filters.
Native Plant Trust: A New England organization, but probably useful to anyone.
Northern Forest Atlas: Great images and identification resources for trees; has good pictures of bark, seeds, buds, leaves.
FloraFinder: Another plant database site that's being slowly built up by a passionate nerd.
MonarchWatch milkweed by USA ecoregion: Tells you what milkweed species you should plant for monarch butterflies.
Native Beeology: Not plants, but a closely related subject.
I will add more and post an updated list as I find more.
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Butterflyweed in full bloom! Now just waiting on the monarchs 🤞🤞 #gardening #wildflowers #wildlifegarden #monarchwatch (at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania) https://www.instagram.com/p/CQCEL4sMEAW/?utm_medium=tumblr
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The University of Richmond is at Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden today to study Monarch butterflies in the Garden! We are teaming up with students and Jennifer Sevin, Ph.D., Lecturer of Biology, Department of Biology, to collect monarch specimens and do some basic wellness assessments (weight, color, wing size) before we tag them for Monarch Watch and then release them. so that they can be tracked during their migration and then released. After data collection, Butterfly Curator Daniel Wright will give the students a tour of the exhibit and emergence room and speak a little bit about our local pollinators. . . . . . #urichmond #pollinators #Monarchs #monarchwatch #migration #monarchmigration #Edu #education #butterflies @URNews2Use (at Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden) https://www.instagram.com/p/B3FgBRfpn2J/?igshid=1k0l812vib76t
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I JUST TAGGED MY FIRST BUTTERFLY OF THE SEASON (2019)
If anyone sees tag ' AAJX550 ' PLEASE!!!! PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE TAKE A PICTURE OF HIM!
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Monarch season is underway! This little chubby monster is one that I’ve been raising from egg since Memorial Day. To follow these guys through metamorphosis and learn more about them, follow along in my Instagram stories. There is a highlight on top as well. 🐛✨🦋 #raisingmonarchs #raisethemigration #monarchwatch #monarchcaterpillar #pollinators #nature #metamorphosis (at Madison, Wisconsin) https://www.instagram.com/p/BydYAMVHtKn/?igshid=b7tk9crcpke7
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“ Tell me your secrets butterfly.” One butterfly decided to land on Stanley and hang out for a bit. #supermonarch #migrator #monarchbutterfly #love #raiseandrelease #monarchwatch #plantmilkweed #plantnative #animals #love #beautiful #olddog #labradorretriever #rescuedog #dog #jerseyshoredogs #olderlabs #talesofalab #dogphotography #wildlife #wildlifephotography #monmouthcounty #nj #njisbeautiful #nopesticides (at Monmouth County, New Jersey) https://www.instagram.com/p/B216k52FHOW/?igshid=112c5vnam4rt5
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#monarch #conservation #butterfly #monarchwatch #monarchwaystation #nativeplants #pollinators https://www.instagram.com/p/Bz09TFzFVLk/?igshid=hmy1n2gnyp6p
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Baby butterfly number three 😘 Such a cute little guy #pollinatorsofinstagram #monarchwatch #everylittlebitcounts https://www.instagram.com/p/BzzLiKRnvWy/?igshid=353diju9p5lr
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WOO HOO!! THE MONARCH NURSERY IS OFFICIALLY ✺𝕆ℙ𝔼ℕ✺ IN SOUTHBURY, CT.!!! 🙌🦋🙌🦋🙌🦋🙌🦋🙌🦋🙌 I am BEYOND EXCITED!! My first eggs of the season!! I have been patiently waiting and today I feel like a little kid at Christmas!! I get immense joy from raining these little nuggets and seeing them into flutter hood , learning and caring for them! I have not been feeling well and this was the perfect addition for me while I am winding the road to recovery!! Between my new Birdie tenants; to opening the Monarch Nursery to seeing the first Hummer of the season at the feeder; June is shaping up into a FABEAUTIFUL MONTH!! 🌻HAPPY WEDNESDAY 🌻SUNFLOWERS… …AND FLUTTER ON IN PEACE ☮️ AND POSITIVITY!!🦋🌻 #monarch #monarchbutterfly #butterfliesofinstagram #plantmilkweed #savethemonarchs #monarchwaystation #monarchchrysalis #monarchwatch2022 #monarchwatch (at Southbury, Connecticut) https://www.instagram.com/p/CeQ_3K1u35x/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
#monarch#monarchbutterfly#butterfliesofinstagram#plantmilkweed#savethemonarchs#monarchwaystation#monarchchrysalis#monarchwatch2022#monarchwatch
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We caught two Monarchs today! The University of Richmond visiting Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden to study Monarchs. We are teaming up with students and Jennifer Sevin, Ph.D., Lecturer of Biology, Department of Biology, to collect monarch specimen. Next we will do some basic wellness assessments (weight, color, wing size) before we tag them for Monarch Watch and then release them. so that they can be tracked during their migration and then released. . . . . #urichmond #pollinators #Monarchs #monarchwatch #migration #monarchmigration #Edu #education #butterflies @URNews2Use (at Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden) https://www.instagram.com/p/B3aIaAuJbI_/?igshid=1bn4be6xje7a5
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I'm goin to cry, why was this year so bad?? As of the 2010-11 to the 15-16 estimate, both seem like spikes, then all other years seem super bad, so maybe they'll have 2 more bad years then climb back up...
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My last little baby I raised this season! ❤️💥😭 if anyone sees her on the way to Mexico give a kiss from me! 💋💋💋 #monarchwatch 🌱🐛 #milkweed #milkweedformonarchs #monarchbutterfly #monarchs #monarchcaterpillar #Bug #bugs #terrarium #transformation #caterpillar #insects #animals #chrysalis #chrysalids #butterfly #WI #mke https://www.instagram.com/p/BoJivL5BJk5/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=4qbu28psxbwa
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Handmade/ hand painted Monarch butterfly hair barrette. https://www.etsy.com/listing/772989894/handmade-sunflower-rainbow-leaf?ref=shop_home_active_94&pro=1 #hairstyle #hairaccessories #hairbarrette #butterfly #monarchbutterfly #monarchwatch #butterflybarrette #updohairstyles #ponytail #ponytailholder #chopsticks #hairchopsticks #hairsticks https://www.instagram.com/p/CNjBCUcrmcK/?igshid=c4k9itob5w71
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