Monarch Butterfly

Monarch Butterfly

We only saw a couple of Monarch butterflies while on our visit to the Botanical Gardens. I didn't get much in the way of good photos, but here is what I took. I also added an older photo to the grouping as well.

It is so disturbing to walk through the Gardens and see mostly bumblebees, just a smattering of honeybees, and only a couple of butterflies in a 3 hour timeframe. In years past, we were surrounded by butterflies, but no more...Widespread use of pesticides (for farming and home gardens) have spelled the ruination of so many groups of important insect pollinators.