Dead Monarch Butterflies Among Storm Debris (IMAGE)

Entomological Society of America

Dead Monarch Butterflies Among Storm Debris

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A severe winter storm that hit the overwintering areas of the monarch butterfly in Mexico in March 2016 has been estimated to have killed 30-38 percent of the butterflies present at the time. Here, dead butterflies can be seen amid storm debris in a photo taken two weeks after the storm.

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David Kust/Entomological Society of America

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