Despite some uncertainties, the monarch butterfly faces little threat from ... Chicago showing that adult monarchs avoided laying eggs on milkweed leaves near corn plants and those covered with ...
The monarch butterfly, long idolized for its ... the type of flowers it’s nectaring on or the milkweed species if it’s laying eggs. Photos are highly encouraged and welcome with all reports.
If you are looking to attract the endangered monarch butterfly, only 30 milkweed species are used by them regularly. Other species of this native perennial, like swamp milkweed (Asclepias ...