Start Seeing Monarchs Day 2022
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Like honeybees and ladybugs there are insects that have been dear to my heart because they occupy the natural world and are innocent of those incursions we people place upon their habitat.
Butterflies in particular have taught me a gentle touch over time during our encounters. The delicate structures which comprise their flitting bodies gave me pause to consider that clumsy clod I used to be and attempt some level of finesse when handling the life of another organism. We evolve based on what we perceive.
The first Saturday in May is Start Seeing Monarchs Day.
This is a time set aside to get people to notice the Monarch butterfly and prevent it from being added to the endangered species list.
Be all of this as it may I fear they will ultimately become endangered. Over the past two decades the monarch butterfly population has been in decline.
This is a rare species of insect due to people.
AKA the Milkweed Butterfly and I love to see them during my travels across the Northern tier states when they migrate North during the Spring.
Milkweed is a perennial flowering plant that feeds the monarch butterfly during early development by providing nectar and is the only plant where a monarch butterfly will lay its eggs.
I am not sophisticated enough to engage them during metamorphosis. I suppose this labels me an "enthusiast" and far from "expert" but I both engage them visually and support them in gatherings and try to be a better person leaving a better world for them.