Roundup resistant genes are proliferating in weeds, weeds that are pollinated by bees and eaten by butterflies, which will evolve and adapt. Monsanto may only wipe out those species that take a long time to adapt, like 20-25 years per generation.

I saw a couple this year. And last summer/fall, I had at least one Monarch caterpillar on my milkweed. It's a lovely plant.

I'm hoping to get many more visits from Monarchs.

When I was a kid, milkweed and monarchs were everywhere.

Actually, now that I think about it. I did see some milkweed a couple years ago. It was planted deliberately to attract Monarchs and it worked!

That's one caterpillar you can't mistake for anything else. I've got dozens of pictures of six or more at a time on the same parsley plant. I don't know if they're just desperate or what, but we get them every year. The herb bed IS near a butterfly bush (that's fucking huge) and usually covered in butterflies and various kinds of bees. We're on one of the migration paths because I'll see 30 or 40 a day sometimes, other times none, but they're all heading the same direction when I see them.

Let weeds run rampant?! Or pick them by hand?! A few butterflies is a small price to pay in collateral damage.