Butterflies of California's Journal

Journal archives for June 2019

June 18, 2019

National Pollinator Month

This June, we’re celebrating the third-year anniversary of the launch of the Million Pollinator Garden Challenge, a national initiative to bring back the bees. June 19-26 is Pollinator Week, but we are celebrating pollinators all month long.

https://www.nwf.org/Garden-for-Wildlife/About/National-Initiatives/Pollinator-Month

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June 24, 2019

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Says Help Butterflies (and Moths)…By Becoming a Citizen Scientist!

We admire butterflies. And while they are often portrayed as fragile creatures, they could also be accurately described as resilient. They have a surprisingly challenging lifestyle. Painted lady butterflies migrate up to 350 miles a day while monarch butterflies migrate around 3,500 miles in a single migratory window — the longest of any insect migration.

https://goldrushcam.com/sierrasuntimes/index.php/news/local-news/19130-u-s-fish-and-wildlife-service-says-help-butterflies-and-moths-by-becoming-a-citizen-scientist

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