In 1997, 1.2 million butterflies were flying at overwintering sites along the West Coast. In 2017, researchers counted almost 200,000 monarchs. That number was estimated to be down 97% from the 198…
PACIFIC GROVE — The number of butterflies is making hearts flutter as both visitors and researchers are excited to see more monarchs returning to Pacific Grove.
This year at the Pacific Grove Monarch Butterfly Sanctuary, 15,960 monarch butterflies were counted for the annual Xerces Western Monarch Thanksgiving Count.During last year’s Thanksgiving count, the museum counted 14,025 butterflies at the sanctuary. For the count, volunteers and researchers tally up all the monarchs from different sites along the West Coast.This year Johnston and her team of over a dozen volunteers counted the monarchs at the sanctuary. But it is constantly changing.
“When we started officially counting for the Western Monarch Thanksgiving count, we found no monarch butterflies at Moss Landing …” said Johnston. “Then there was a big spike of 14,700 at the monarch sanctuary.”
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