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Over the weekend I was inspired to write a little tweet storm . I thought it would make a good blog post. It started with a blog post by entomologist Eric Eaton, who goes by @BugEric  on his blog, Twitter and other social media. Benjamin Vogt, a native plants evangelist (my word, bestowed with respect) tweeted a link , which is how it came to my attention. The Monarch is the Giant Panda of invertebrates. It has a lobby built of organizations that stand to lose money unless they can manufacture repeated crises. Well-intentioned as they are, they are siphoning funding away from efforts to conserve other invertebrate species that are at far greater risk. The Monarch is not going extinct .  - Bug Eric: Stop Saying the Monarch is a "Gateway Species" for an Appreciation of Other Insects I grow milkweed in my garden - at least 3 different species. (I'm waiting to see if the other 3 species persist and return.) I've documented monarch butterflies visiting the past 2 year...