This WVPE Photo of the Week features a monarch butterfly on a milkweed plant at Ox Bow Park in Elkhart County. Thanks to Nelson Kraybill of Elkhart for this submission. Nelson is encouraging people to plant milkweed as a way to help monarch butterflies thrive. Monarch populations have been in decline due to farming, development and loss of habitat. Nelson captured this image of a monarch on July 12, 2020.
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