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 ...
EDITOR’S NOTE: This story first appeared on the Ohio Department of Natural Resources website. COLUMBUS — Picking and planting milkweed seed pods this fall can help future eastern monarch butterflies, ...
Key varieties in the mix should be coreopsis ... the autumn classes include the desirability of exotic tropical milkweed in monarch culture, new options to consider for nectar sources and reports ...
"Across the board ... everyone is on alert because that eastern population of monarchs has been dwindling by heavy percentages since the 1990s." The decline can be attributed, in part, to the loss of ...
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 this independent learning guide for youth in grades 3 and up, youth learn about Monarch butterfly feeding habits and take action to help them by making butterfly nectar and harvesting milkweed ...