Favorable Weather Boosts Population But Pesticides Still Threaten Butterfly’s Chance of Survival
WASHINGTON—(ENEWSPF)–January 27, 2015. The annual overwintering count of monarch butterflies released today shows a modest population rebound from last year’s lowest-ever count of 34 million butterflies, but is still the second lowest population count since surveys began in 1993. The population was expected to be up this winter due to favorable spring and summer weather conditions in the monarch’s U.S. and Canadian breeding…
