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Home › News › Russian explorers first to document monarch butterfly in California

Russian explorers first to document monarch butterfly in California

Xerces SocietyPosted on October 30, 2016 Posted in News

200 years ago, monarchs were observed along the CA coast – will they be there two centuries from now?

Learn more on the Xerces Society Blog.

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This online resource center was developed with support from the following organizations and individuals.

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This community science effort would not be possible without all of our amazing individual volunteers and the following groups and organizations:

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