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Local researchers pursue mass monarch butterfly production
Cedar Rapids researchers Clark McLeod and Cam Watts, with ISU entomologist Nathan Brockman, develop a scalable monarch breeding blueprint aimed at reversing the species decline. They cite habitat loss in Mexico and milkweed loss in U.S. fields as key factors while noting 5,000 milkweed plants on McLeod’s property.
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Clark McLeod
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Iowa State University
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