This plant, butterfly milkweed or Asclepias tuberosa, currently is in its full summer beauty. Butterfly milkweed is a native plant that is tough as nails in the garden. Since the plant is a native ...

Colony estimates at central Mexico overwintering sites indicate that monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus) populations have declined over the past two decades. Among the leading causes of this ...

Discover fascinating milkweed facts you should know. Although it will tolerate partial sun, this butterfly host plant loves ...

Here are five facts about the monarch butterfly ... The first meal a larva will have is the milkweed leaf. When a monarch ...

milkweed, have declined by 90% since 1992. In June 2022, the International Union for Conservation of Nature announced the monarch butterfly had joined the Red List of Threatened Species as ...

We ask for donations from the public, and in return, we give out five different species of milkweed and about eight other nectaring butterfly plants,” says Orley “Chip” Taylor, KU professor ...

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 ...

With vigorous debate surrounding the health of the monarch butterfly, new research may ... and increased planting of nonnative tropical milkweed -- milkweed is the only plant on which monarchs ...

Retired teacher Larry Weber, of Barnum, is the author of “Butterflies of the North Woods" and “Spiders of the North Woods," ...

Milkweed is the only plant monarchs eat and lay their eggs on, and planting it is very easy. All you need is a milk jug, soil, and seeds. Place the plant outside where the sun shines and water it.