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       BELOVED BUTTERFLY IS NOW AN ENDANGERED SPECIES
   DIR By: Michael Caswell
       Date: July 22, 2022, 2:08 pm
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       It's very sad, but this year in particular, I have only seen
       three Monarchs fluttering in The Oxbow and at my house on the
       waters edge of the canal. This is despite my efforts of several
       years to grow Swamp Milkweed. My front yard has at least twenty
       plants and my shoreline has more than a hundred.
       Each year, I've been plucking the seed pods and storing them for
       the next spring, then spreading them around. I've been more
       lucky along the edge of Bowood by Minerva Deland playing field.
       When I first moved here, some twelve years or so ago, there was
       a storm of Monarchs around my house, but sadly that is no longer
       the case.
       One problem inhibiting them is the profusion of Dog Strangling
       Vine (Black or Pale Swallowart) It is a very invasive pest
       imported from Ukraine (not those poor peoples fault). It is a
       relative of our native Milkweed, and it confuses the Monarch to
       lay it's eggs on it, but unfortunately, the caterpillar will not
       survive on this pest.
       Our woods and parks are infested with this pest, yet no one is
       paying any attention to it. In particular, The Fairport School
       district playing fields edging Harts Woods are totally covered
       in the stuff.
       If this beautiful butterfly is to survive, we need to start
       pulling this DSV stuff up and dealing with it, so it doesn't
       spread any more.
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