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.
With vigorous debate surrounding the health of the monarch butterfly, new research may have answered the biggest question plaguing butterfly researchers. Why are the wintering populations declining ...
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 ...
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 ...
With vigorous debate surrounding the health of the monarch butterfly, new research from ... and increased planting of nonnative tropical milkweed— milkweed is the only plant on which monarchs ...
In the wake of changing climates, butterfly lovers have been concerned ... When they arrive in Vermont, monarchs expect fresh milkweed to eat and lay their eggs on, but between delayed travel ...