Common milkweed provides nectar for butterflies, and is the only food source for monarch caterpillars, but is too aggressive ...

Swamp milkweed, a member of the milkweed family, plays a vital role in supporting the monarch butterfly population. Its flowers, which attract bees and butterflies, bloom in shades of soft mauve, pink ...

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 ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Monarch caterpillar season has returned to Northeast Ohio, and this year our family has adopted 13 baby caterpillars, or “cats.” As they approach chrysalis stage, these very hungry ...

The swamp milkweed is one of the best to plant to encourage monarch butterfly population, but this variety of milkweed can spread out and take over the garden. (Submitted photo / Cindy Meyer) I ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Changing and falling leaves are a sure sign of fall, and so are milkweed seed pods starting to dry out in preparation of being ...

An Iowa State University test plot near Muscatine is helping to determine which kind of milkweed is best to plant. That is, the one that will grow the best and attract the most monarch butterflies.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Richland Soil and Water Conservation District is collecting milkweed seed pods to help support the declining monarch butterfly ...

Q: I planted several milkweed plants on the edge of a butterfly flower garden and some have now sent up additional plants within the garden itself. Will this be a problem in the garden itself it there ...

As I crisscross the county this summer to share environmental experiences with students, I can’t help but notice all of the stunning milkweed popping up on properties along the way.I watch in awe as ...