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Where are all the Monarch butterflies this year?

Author
Jacqui Stanford,
Publish Date
Sun, 23 Nov 2014, 6:19AM
(Photo: NewspixNZ/NZ Herald)
(Photo: NewspixNZ/NZ Herald)

Where are all the Monarch butterflies this year?

Author
Jacqui Stanford,
Publish Date
Sun, 23 Nov 2014, 6:19AM

Wasps, an unsettled spring and fewer swan plants are believed to be the main reasons we're seeing so few Monarch butterflies this year.

Numbers are noticeably smaller than usual, but Monarch experts say it's not too late to help fix things.

Butterfly lover Jacqui Knight says there are lot of factors affecting Monarch populations, but a few swan plants in the garden can make a difference.

"Looking out for social wasps, the wasps that come and eat the caterpillars and then we can track the wasps to their nests and destroy the nests."

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