Monarch Population Status
Saturday, February 11th, 2017 at 4:44 pm by JimFiled under Monarch Population Status | 1 Comment »
World Wildlife Fund Mexico in collaboration with SEMARNAT and CONANP and the Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve (MBBR) announced the total forest area occupied by overwintering monarch colonies. Thirteen (13) colonies were located this winter season with a total area of 2.91 hectares:
Figure 1. Total Area Occupied by Monarch Colonies at Overwintering Sites in Mexico
We will provide additional details as we receive and process them.
WWF release (in spanish): Superficie forestal ocupada por las colonias de hibernación de la mariposa monarca en México – temporada 2016-2017
One Response to “Monarch Population Status”
By colleen o'connell on Apr 4, 2017
When do you predict that the Monarchs will be arriving in southern Ontario?