Some species are more suited than others to act as host plants for specific insects. If you are looking to attract the endangered monarch butterfly, only 30 milkweed species are used by them ...
We’ll begin with one of the most familiar, and most-loved, butterflies in North America, the Monarch. Their orange-on-black pattern is offset by a black border with small white spots, reminiscent of ...
Butterfly enthusiasts are contributing ... Monarch butterflies use only milkweed as the food plant for their larvae. They cannot sustain their existence without it. Many varieties of milkweed ...