OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) – Pollinators are being celebrated this week throughout the nation, together with in Oklahoma.
The Oklahoma Metropolis Skydance Bridge can be lit in vibrant yellow and orange on Monday, June 21 to lift consciousness for Monarch butterflies.
Proper subsequent door at Scissortail Park, the Nature Conservancy and Okies for Monarchs will host a Pollinator Evening.
“Pollinator week is a time to have a good time and enhance training and consciousness about our pollinators,” stated Katie Hawk, with the Nature Conservancy.
Company at Pollinator Evening will obtain free wildflower seeds, have alternatives to purchase Milkweed and different pollinator crops, and go on a wildflower stroll.
Hawk says Oklahomans ought to care about pollinators as a result of they’re answerable for 1/3 of the meals and drinks on our tables.
“With out our pollinators, we gained’t have a whole lot of our meals and drinks, so if we like our meals and drinks, we must always positively be investing extra in crops for our pollinators,” stated Hawk.
Milkweed is the host plant for monarchs and is essential for the survival of butterflies.
“A number plant is what they lay their eggs on and their younger can be raised on, so once they lay their eggs and turn into caterpillars, they eat the milkweed leaves. Milkweed does have a lightweight stage of toxicity, which is why they put it to use. It makes their child caterpillars style actually gross to predators comparable to birds,” stated Hawk.
Pollinator Evening can be at Scissortail Park on Monday, June 21 from 7 to 9 p.m. Admission is free.
For extra data, go to Okies for Monarchs.
