Make Mine Milk(weed)
Milkweed plants have the most unique flowers. They are important to many pollinator...but hold a special place in the life of the Monarch butterfly.
"Besides monarchs, frequent visitors also include native bees, honey bees, hummingbirds, and many other types of butterflies.
Milkweed is both a food source and a host plant for monarch eggs that are laid on the underside of the leaves. The larvae feed on the leaves after hatching, but cause no permanent damage to the plant. In turn, the toxic chemicals in the sap of milkweed plants make both the caterpillars and adult butterflies unappetizing to predators."
"During monarch migration flight is fueled by nectaring on the flowers and is punctuated by laying eggs on milkweeds. To grow and sustain each generation, milkweed is the only food needed,” says Agrawal.
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Make Mine Milk(weed)
Milkweed plants have the most unique flowers. They are important to many pollinator...but hold a special place in the life of the Monarch butterfly.
"Besides monarchs, frequent visitors also include native bees, honey bees, hummingbirds, and many other types of butterflies.
Milkweed is both a food source and a host plant for monarch eggs that are laid on the underside of the leaves. The larvae feed on the leaves after hatching, but cause no permanent damage to the plant. In turn, the toxic chemicals in the sap of milkweed plants make both the caterpillars and adult butterflies unappetizing to predators."
"During monarch migration flight is fueled by nectaring on the flowers and is punctuated by laying eggs on milkweeds. To grow and sustain each generation, milkweed is the only food needed,” says Agrawal.
More information can be found at this link: