While milkweed is generally hardy, it can attract pests such as aphids. Instead of resorting to chemical pesticides, which ...

By creating a garden that supports caterpillars, you’re nurturing the next generation of butterflies and moths and ...

The plight of the monarch butterfly could cost farmers a valuable tool in the fight to protect crops from weeds and pests. An ...

There are 11 species of milkweed native to Michigan, which are food for the monarch caterpillar and nearly three dozen other beneficial insects. You’ll enjoy the orange blossoms in meadow ...

Under natural conditions the prostrate milkweed is thought to be able to persist at low densities. It produces so much nectar that far-flying pollinating insects such as tarantula hawks and large bees ...

The migrating insects can live up to eight to nine months ... "Most people associate monarchs with milkweed, and it’s true that their caterpillars dine exclusively on the leaves of these ...

This comes as the insects are rapidly declining and are under consideration for Endangered Species Act protections.