The study found that when oleander aphids infested tropical milkweed — a nonnative ... Bernie Mach foreground and Will Long background look at monarch butterfly caterpillars during research ...

Growing milkweed is one of the most rewarding actions a gardener can take to support monarch butterflies. Monarchs rely on ...

The iconic monarch butterfly is declining across North America. You can help make a difference by providing the species with its food plant: milkweed. A monarch butterfly gliding over a field on ...

Tropical Milkweed is a popular ornamental plant featuring bright orange and yellow flowers. It is often planted in yards to attract the iconic monarch butterfly, which lays its eggs on the ...

They then move north across the continent during the spring and summer months. Monarch eggs on a milkweed plant. CREDIT: Ursula Alvarado-Miller. “As they travel, they lay their eggs, and when ...

Monarchs, as caterpillars, prefer the leaves of milkweed. Milkweed produces glycoside toxins to deter animals from eating them, monarch have evolved immunity to these toxins. When they feed, monarch ...

It seems weird that not long ago I didn’t even know what milkweed was, or that it's the host plant of monarch butterflies. In fact, it’s the only host plant, making it extremely important ...

The Xerces Society points out both the Western Monarch Milkweed Mapper, which asks people to upload sightings of the butterflies and their milkweeds, and the Western Monarch Count, an annual ...

A monarch caterpillar and a milkweed beetle munch on common milkweed in Ginger Werp's garden in Overland Park, Kansas last summer. (Courtesy of Ginger Werp) Common milkweed is an essential plant ...

During a recent visit, Kells, who started the garden and now tends it with a crew of volunteers, gently turned over milkweed leaves, finally revealing a pale monarch butterfly egg — so small it ...

LANSING, MI – Milkweed is not a weed. Milkweed is a native plant and a keystone species critical for the survival of the beloved monarch butterfly, another keystone species crucial for its ...