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Tiny/Tim Not Long for This World

It was bound to happen. Not all monarch butterflies that you rear will make it. Such was this...
Tiny and Tim on a replica of a penny-farthing. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Tim catches some rays. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
The Real Skinny on Migrating Monarchs, Milkweed

A recent article in Science magazine, headlined “Plan to Save Monarch Butterflies...
A male monarch nectaring Mexican sunflower (Tithonia). (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)