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A Cottage Grove man raises — and tracks —…

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Friday, September 13th 2024

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A Cottage Grove man raises — and tracks — monarch butterflies from eggs on milkweed leaves to flights to Mexico

Wojciech Poreba collects monarch eggs from milkweed plants along parks and highways that use pesticides or are being cut down

A portrait of Wojciech Poreba. — Wojciech Poreba holds one of approximately sixty monarch caterpillars that he is currently raising at his Cottage Grove home on Wednesday, Aug. 7, 2024. (Devanie Andre / Pioneer Press)

By Gwynn Vang | [email protected]

UPDATED: September 10, 2024 at 9:27 a.m.

By helping Minnesotans raise and learn more about monarch butterflies and their importance to the ecosystem, Porebe hopes that others will be encouraged to plant butterfly gardens and protect natural habitats for them.