Date: 10/29/2019

Number: 80

Around 5:00 pm we watched around 80 monarch butterflies feast on this wonderful plant: Basil (Chromolaena odorata) (https://www.naturalista.mx/taxa/199400-Chromolaena-odorata), extremely aromatic and attractive for a great diversity of bugs, there were many other species of butterfly, some beetles, among others. It is a vacant lot, it was probably dismantled a few years ago, because it has secondary vegetation (disturbance), but these plants take advantage to grow taking advantage of the presence of sunlight. It was wonderful to be there surrounded by so many butterflies, unfortunately this site, like many others in the area, will soon disappear, as it is an area that is rapidly urbanizing, so the importance of continuing to create garden spaces with plants like these.

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Latitude: 25.8 Longitude: -100.4

Observed by: Elsa
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