Help save the monarch: Beloved butterfly is in trouble; here’s what gardeners can do for it
By JESSICA DAMIANO, Associated Press
Published: August 9, 2022, 6:00am
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A monarch butterfly pauses in a field of goldenrod on Sept. 11, 2020, at the Flight 93 National Memorial in Shanksville, Pa. The International Union for the Conservation of Nature officially categorized the monarch as "endangered" and added it to its red list of threatened species on July 21. (Gene J. Puskar/Associated Press)Photo Gallery
Close your eyes for a moment and imagine a butterfly. My money says the fluttering insect you’re envisioning has black-veined, reddish-orange wings outlined with white specks — the iconic attributes of our beloved American monarch butterfly.
Unfortunately, the species, which populates many childhood memories, is in trouble.
The migrating monarch butterfly was added to the “red list” of threatened species and categorized as “endangered” for the first time by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature.
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