Butterfly population declining at 'catastrophic' rate, research says

An alarming new study shows the overall population of butterflies is declining sharply. NBC News' Maya Eaglin spoke with scientists about why it's happening and how to stop it.

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[Charismafire]

Lightning bugs too. It's ROUNDUP!!! The big money does not want people to know that though.

[RenoGerry]

I normally have thousands of Monarchs on my property this time of year but this year I've only seen one Monarch so far.

[TheVitamin]

so sad... I don't wanna imagine a world without butterflies 🦋

[acepilotrjv]

And I was wondering where all the fireflies went….

[MileyCyrious]

People don't need to be spraying for mosquitos they need to be planting lavender and other hospitable plants in their yards

[pamelas.]

I think it's the insecticides. I'm in the midwest & a few years ago we had the most monarch butterflies I've seen in years. 🦋 🦋🦋 And then the city sprayed for mosquitoes. The butterflies died enmassse overnight. 😥😥

[kaelakeluskar]

Don't worry, just defund scientific research, and we won't have to hear about this again!

[cmath]

But shareholder profits have >nearly< never been better.
Shame nature can't get with the picture

[chinookvalley]

Draining wetlands and spraying glyphosates here in Colorado. Butterflies used to be bountiful here 10 years ago.

[Kodycares]

Keep messing with mother nature and she'll kick us off.

[randomthrowaway-mv]

i wonder what the butterfly effect of this will be

[brentk]

Also need to get rid of the all the stupid grass lawns in America and let the native plants & grasses grow instead.

[matthewnewberry]

I live in Florida in the past year or two we have seen a massive decrease in love bugs, mosquitoes, butterflies and other insects

[종석-kn]

Magnitude 5.3 earthquake

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[Nirrrina]

We need more ways to raise local caterpillars for our area to release.
It needs to be as inexpensive as possible too so, ore will do it.
I think using the public library systems already in place would help.

The tulsa library already has a seed library so why not add pollinator seeds & even loan out the equipment to raise caterpillars. Or sell it at cost to folks.
By going through something like the library it would make it much easier to insure you're only getting ones appropriate for where you live.

[FireThemAll]

Thanks for the usful info and slight optimism at the end.

[RoboChachi]

This got me all ready to plant some milkweed in my yard, then I saw it is poisonous to dogs.

[rackupboi]

It looks like someone stepped off the path 😂

[STARBLADE-ETERNAL]

HARK! Let it be known across the land— the decline of the butterflies shall not be met with silence nor surrender! 🌿🦋

No longer shall our fields be barren, nor our gardens sterile! Let every soul take up their tools, sow the flowers of rebirth, and cast aside the poisons of destruction. Let the monarchs find their way home! Let the swallowtails dance once more!

From this day forth, every forgotten patch of earth shall be a sanctuary, every flower planted a declaration of defiance! We are the stewards of the skies, the guardians of the winged ones—AND WE SHANT HESITATE.

RIDE FORTH, CHAMPIONS OF POLLINATION! The fate of the fluttering kingdom rests in our hands! 👑🔥🦋

[elizabethyoung]

Not surprised but who will do anything with the degree of habitat fragmentation we continue to perpetuate