Common milkweed (Asclepias syriaca) is a native herbaceous perennial that appeals to butterflies—especially the monarch ...

Monarch butterfly numbers are dwindling and have been for decades. The Tennessee Department of Transportation wants to change ...

Studying the secrets of how the common red milkweed beetle can safely feed on a toxic plant helps illuminate the ecological, ...

This is great news for the nearly-extinct monarch butterflies, which will pass through the area as they migrate back to ...

Studying the secrets of how the common red milkweed beetle can safely feed on a toxic plant helps illuminate the ecological, evolutionary and economic impact of insect-plant interactions from a ...

Milkweed is the only host plant of monarch butterflies ... the Ohio Pollinator Habitat Initiative and residents to collect common milkweed seed pods to help foster habitats for monarchs.

Milkweed and wildflowers may soon be a common sight growing around cornfields in an effort to help increase biodiversity in ...

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — Studying the secrets of how the common red milkweed beetle can safely feed on a toxic plant helps illuminate the ecological, evolutionary and economic impact of insect-plant ...

If Red and Common Milkweed are ingested ... Reduce or eliminate the use of pesticides. Plant milkweed to support monarch butterflies. Provide clean water sources. For more information on ...

Examples of such plants include zinnias, coneflowers, and milkweed. Montgomery explains, “Double-flowering varieties make it difficult or impossible for pollinators to reach the nectar and ...

Become familiar with common milkweed to avoid harvesting pods from similar plants such as hemp dogbane and swamp milkweed. Pods will appear slightly gray, begin to dry and have brown seeds inside.

dry milkweed pods from established plants on their property and drop them off now until Oct. 31 at the nearest pod collection station. According to Lucas SWCD, seed pods from common milkweed ...