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.
Last month, Abigail Nixon released into her Wayburn backyard the last of 16 monarch butterflies she raised to maturity this summer after collecting them as eggs off milkweed in the alley behind her ...
Examples of such plants include zinnias, coneflowers, and milkweed. Montgomery explains ... support their entire lifecycle, from egg to adult. Each butterfly species prefers specific host ...
Monarch caterpillars feed almost exclusively on milkweed plants within the genus Asclepias ... understand how these temperature changes will likely affect monarchs throughout their life cycle, as they ...
The monarch butterfly was recently declared endangered by the International Union for ... On their trip north, the population looks for milkweed to lay its eggs, and the adults need nectar plants for ...