Scandia woman on mission to save the monarch butterfly

Scandia woman on mission to save the monarch butterfly - TwinCities.com-Pioneer Press

Scandia woman on mission to save the monarch butterfly
TwinCities.com-Pioneer Press
O'Connor, 73, raises monarch butterfly caterpillars and chrysalises and sells them each week at the Scandia Farmers' Market. It's all part of her mission to help bring back the vanishing monarch. "Monarchs are a barometer for how we're doing as a ...

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