SF News California’s Monarch Butterfly Population Plummets to Second-Lowest Ever in Latest Annual Count The recently completed 2024 California monarch butterfly count showed just over 9,000 of the winged critters returning to the state, which is a big concern, considering there were more than 200,000 of them in the previous year’s count.
SF News Second Consecutive Monarch Butterfly Population Rebound Has Butterfly Fans Just Thrilled While the migrating monarch butterfly population is still down 80% over the last 30 years, it’s estimated there are nearly 100,000 more of the winged critters in California right now compared to their numbers in last year’s annual trek.
SF News Monarch Butterfly Population Sees Thousand-Fold Increase, Likely Thanks to Drought A silver lining of the drought may be that the Monarch butterflies are exploding back after a near-extinction event last year, with one central California beach recording a 3,500% increase in the winged critters.
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misc Send Us Your Pics: Butterfly Swarm Did you know the Bay Area is under siege right now? It's true. The invader? Thousands and thousands of pudy butterflies. Why, just today we received an urgent message from SFist Deborah N
