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Butterflies Decline at Coldwater Farm

By Garry Rogers @Garry_Rogers

Butterfly Decline in Arizona

Coldwater Farm butterflies have declined over the past few years.  This year (2015) was the worst with many of my butterfly/bee flowers going untended. For instance, Mourning Cloaks (Nymphalis antiopa) were present only in late spring and early summer. In earlier years, the Mourning Cloaks were so abundant that I had nominated they to represent the Agua Fria River ecosystem. Perhaps butterfly numbers will rebound in 2016, but knowing nothing of the specific causes of the decline, I have no assurance they will. Click here for a checklist of the butterfly and moth species known to live in Arizona. Here are pictures of a few of the common butterflies and moths (Please excuse the fx experiments).

Butterflies Decline at Coldwater Farm Two-tailed Swallowtail (AZ State Butterfly) on Butterfly Bush Butterflies Decline at Coldwater Farm Red Admiral Butterfly Butterflies Decline at Coldwater Farm Mourning Cloak Butterfly Butterflies Decline at Coldwater Farm Black Swallowtail Butterfly Butterflies Decline at Coldwater Farm Black Swallowtail Butterfly Butterflies Decline at Coldwater Farm Monarch Butterfly Butterflies Decline at Coldwater Farm Buckmoth Butterflies Decline at Coldwater Farm Buckeye Butterfly Butterflies Decline at Coldwater Farm Black Swallowtail Butterfly Butterflies Decline at Coldwater Farm Two-tailed Swallowtail (AZ State Butterfly) Butterflies Decline at Coldwater Farm Two-tailed Swallowtail (AZ State Butterfly) Butterflies Decline at Coldwater Farm Two-tailed Swallowtail (AZ State Butterfly) Butterflies Decline at Coldwater Farm Black Swallowtail Butterfly Butterflies Decline at Coldwater Farm Tiny catterpillars on grape leaf Butterflies Decline at Coldwater Farm Black Swallowtail Butterfly Butterflies Decline at Coldwater Farm Two-tailed Swallowtail (AZ State Butterfly) Butterflies Decline at Coldwater Farm Black Swallowtail Butterfly Butterflies Decline at Coldwater Farm Buckeye Butterfly Butterflies Decline at Coldwater Farm Buckmoth Butterflies Decline at Coldwater Farm Moth Butterflies Decline at Coldwater Farm Monarch butterfly at Coldwater Farm. Butterflies Decline at Coldwater Farm Two-tailed Swallowtail (AZ State Butterfly) Butterflies Decline at Coldwater Farm Two-tailed Swallowtail (AZ State Butterfly) Butterflies Decline at Coldwater Farm Moth Butterflies Decline at Coldwater Farm Cabbage White Butterfly Butterflies Decline at Coldwater Farm Huge catterpillar Butterflies Decline at Coldwater Farm Acmon Blue Butterfly (?) Butterflies Decline at Coldwater Farm Tiny catterpillars on grape leaf Butterflies Decline at Coldwater Farm Two-tailed Swallowtail (AZ State Butterfly) Butterflies Decline at Coldwater Farm Two-tailed Swallowtail (AZ State Butterfly) Butterflies Decline at Coldwater Farm Melissa Blue Butterfly? Butterflies Decline at Coldwater Farm Two-tailed Swallowtail (AZ State Butterfly) Butterflies Decline at Coldwater Farm Buckmoth Butterflies Decline at Coldwater Farm Mourning Cloak FX

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