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"Monarch butterflies (
Danaus plexippus) appear to be declining not just in
North America but also in Australiasia. Could this be a consequence of global
change, including climate change, the intensification of agriculture, and
urbanisation?
We need more citizen scientists to monitor what is really going on.
Insect populations, even species that seemed impervious, are in decline
globally. Monarch butterflies exemplify the problem. Once a very common
species, numbers have declined dramatically in North America, engendering keen
public interest in restoring populations.
The monarch butterfly is an iconic species. It is usually the species people
recall when drawing a butterfly and observations are shared frequently on the
online social network iNaturalist.
This is partly because monarch images are used in advertising, but the
butterflies are also a species of choice for school biology classes and
television documentaries on animal migration."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
