This is my second year in a row I have not had a Monarch in my yard during the average time their journey north brings them through these parts. Only a few years ago I had so many I was running out of milkweed for all the caterpillars. Last year I saw one, only one day in fall on a Button Blazing Star. The 2 years prior the same plants were covered in Monarchs in fall. It was an amazing sight. I am really starting to fear the Monarchs may not make it to my neck of the woods anymore.
