Milkweed is the only host plant of monarch butterflies, meaning it’s the only plant on which monarchs will lay eggs and eat. Milkweed also provides a food source for many other pollinators.
If you’ve never handled milkweed before, there’s a few things you should know about the native wildflower monarch caterpillars exclusively feed on. Milkweed contains toxins harmful to animals ...
OHIO, USA — The Ohio Pollinator Habitat Initiative (OPHI) is collecting milkweed pods due to the decline in the monarch butterfly population and its recent designation as an endangered species.
Monarch butterfly numbers are dwindling and have been for decades. According to the Tennessee Department of Transportation, the pollinator's population and sole source of food and habitat, milkweed, ...
milkweed, have declined by 90% since 1992. In June 2022, the International Union for Conservation of Nature announced the monarch butterfly had joined the Red List of Threatened Species as ...
About a week ago, several monarch caterpillars were busily munching on the native narrowleaf milkweed I’d planted in my backyard in the San Francisco Bay Area to provide habitat for the imperiled ...