Washington Post article today. I will post link and I am adding a copy of
the article also.
Rapid development, rising tems and and boom in pesticides are the drivers,
with focus on the latter.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2025/03/06/butterfly-decline-research-population-crisis/?utm_source=alert&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=wp_news_alert_revere&location=alert

*Ann*

Ann Pultz Kramer
Stanwood, WA

"*Use what talents you possess; the wood would be very silent if no birds
sang there except those that sang best**."*
*Henry Van Dyke*