Ghost Monarch

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The chemical manufacturer representatives swore to the Congressional Committee that there was nothing to worry about. All these claims by environmentalists that their chemically altered corn seed would be a death knell for the Monarch Butterfly were just voodoo science. No validity to them whatsoever. People started spotting the Ghost Monarchs during the next year’s migration. Their wings were bleached of color and looked ragged. The butterflies barely had the stamina to make it to their usual wintering grounds. Their pale carcasses were found littering the ground at the Monarch Sanctuary.

My contribution to Flash Fiction for Aspiring Writers hosted by Priceless Joy. Image by TJ Paris.


32 thoughts on “Ghost Monarch”

    1. Deborah Drucker Post author

      I recently visited one of the Monarch sanctuaries and the Monarchs were evoked by the butterfly image and I had read a lot about the effects, of pesticides and seeds with pesticides inside of them, on the Monarchs. It is very big business and I think that the chemical companies don’t want to acknowledge any negative effects.

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