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Re: Re: Monarch recovery


Below are comments from Chip Taylor, head of Monarch Watch (www.monarchwatch.org) dated from 2/19/05.  Note the bold (emphasis mine) … Most of us experienced the cold summer, and the waiting for monarchs that never arrived.
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As I pointed out in the "Teaching with monarchs" section of the January Update, a major factor affecting the size of the fall population was the cold summer - coldest in 12 yrs. The degree day analysis of the temperatures in KS and MN showed how cold temperature increase generation time and limit the number of generations per year.
 
Another way to get a picture of what happened last year is to reread  the Status of the Population sections of each monthly Update. The  year started off badly with two winter storms that killed at least  70% of the monarchs and it never got better. 
We are just lucky there hasn't been a major storm this winter. If the monarchs get through the next 15 days without a killing storm, there is a good prospect for recovery. Thus far, spring conditions look good. Moisture levels are up to normal in all but a very small portion of the breeding area.

 Monarch Watch
monarch@ku.edu
http://www.MonarchWatch.org/

Lynn Jenkins
Nature's Garden
www.gardeningwithnature.com
 

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