Where have all the Monarchs gone?

Did you notice that there were fewer Monarch Butterflies this year? I only saw a few here and there. They were notable for their rarity. Others I know reported the same situation. The word spread. Of course, this was all anecdotal, as the publicists and lawyers, who one supposes have to feed their children with their lies, obfuscation, and cooperation with evil, like to say. But now the numbers are in and they are appalling. Please read this important article by Jim Robbins. Last year 60 million Monarchs arrived in their wintering fastness in Mexico after their epic migration down the coast. That was considered a low-number year. This year, there have been 3 million.

And this, in a pesticide-filled nation of invasive species on sterile lawns, dominated by mono-crops and the destruction of meadows, is only the canary in the coal mine of an insect apocalypse.

Monarchs:
2010.
2011.
2012.