Normally found in big patches, blooming sunflowers will be in short supply for wildlife, from insects to pheasants, across most of Kansas because of the drought.
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Adult monarch butterflies hatched at Monarch Watch, at the University of Kansas campus.
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Adult monarch butterflies hatched at Monarch Watch, at the University of Kansas campus.
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Researcher Chp Taylor points to population trends of monarch butterflies over about the last 18 years. This year's winter population is expected to be near the lowest ever recorded.
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Chip Taylor, of Monarch Watch, checks a healthy patch of goldenrod near his office. A prime wild butterfly food, it will be in very short supply for migrating monarchs this summer and fall.
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Maximillian sunflowers, normally an important food for migrating monarch butterflies, are seldom found in bloom this summer because of the drought.
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Chip Taylor, of Monarch Watch, checks a healthy patch of goldenrod near his office. A prime wild butterfly food, it will be in very short supply for migrating monarchs this summer and fall.
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Chip Taylor, of Monarch Watch, checks a healthy patch of boneset near his office. A prime wild butterfly food, it will be in very short supply for migrating monarchs this summer and fall.
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Chip Taylor, of Monarch Watch, checks a healthy patch of goldenrod near his office. A prime wild butterfly food, it will be in very short supply for migrating monarchs this summer and fall.
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Michael Pearce / The Wichita Eagle
Maximillian sunflowers, normally an important food for migrating monarch butterflies, are seldom found in bloom this summer because of the drought.
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Chip Taylor, of Monarch Watch, checks a healthy patch of boneset near his office. A prime wild butterfly food, it will be in very short supply for migrating monarchs this summer and fall.
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Researcher Chip Taylor checks the progresss of monarch chrysalis at Monarch Watch.
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Day-old monarch caterpillers, being raised at Monarch Watch, in Lawrence.
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Researcher Chip Taylor checks adult monarch butterflies hatched at Monarch Watch, at the University of Kansas campus.
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FILE--A Monarch butterfly stops on a flower in the butterfly garden of Kristy McFarland. McFarland started the garden when her son , Sam, was a little boy and now he is 16 and the garden has grown dramatically.
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Researcher Chip Taylor checks adult monarch butterflies hatched at Monarch Watch, at the University of Kansas campus.
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Adult monarch butterflies hatched at Monarch Watch, at the University of Kansas campus.
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FILE--A Monarch butterfly stops on a sunflower in the butterfly garden of Kristy McFarland. McFarland started the garden when her son , Sam, was a little boy and now he is 16 and the garden has grown dramatically.
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FILE--A Monarch butterfly stops on a sunflower in the butterfly garden of Kristy McFarland. McFarland started the garden when her son , Sam, was a little boy and now he is 16 and the garden has grown dramatically.
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