# @centerforbiodiv on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DG1WDbLMe0Q
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/27154470-centerforbiodiv-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/3deb2a48f8.jpg
- **Posted:** 2025-03-05T21:55:36.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Center for Biological Diversity (@CenterForBioDiv) — https://gondola.cc/CenterForBioDiv

## Caption

The marvelous orange and black insect we all know and love, monarch butterflies, are in severe decline.

But there's hope:

A decade after the Center and allies petitioned to protect monarchs under the Endangered Species Act, the USFWS has *finally* proposed the iconic butterflies for protection as a threatened species.

The western monarch population, which winters on the coast of California, has fallen by 95%.

The eastern population, which migrates to Mexico for the winter, is at its second-smallest size ever recorded last year. This year’s records show the population doubled in size — which is hopeful, but also still too low to be considered a stable population. 

We can't let monarchs go extinct. 🦋

Protecting them will also benefit the pollinator communities that humans and wild ecosystems depend on. 

#monarchbutterfly #butterflies #insects #wildlifeconservation #environmentalconservation #pollinator

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## Tags

monarchbutterfly, insects, butterflies, environmentalconservation, wildlifeconservation, pollinator

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