learn how to observe and monitor Monarch eggs, caterpillars and adult butterflies. The ‘Monarch Monitoring Blitz’ event hosted by the South Shore Joint Initiative (SSJI) was held on the Nature ...
Milkweed is the only host plant of Monarch butterflies, meaning it's the only plant Monarch butterflies will lay eggs on and the only plant monarch caterpillars will eat. Milkweed also provides a food ...
While wasps are also important to the natural environment, their predation on monarch butterfly caterpillars means that only very few survive. If you want to protect monarch butterflies in your ...
Some monarch butterflies migrate each year while others do not. As caterpillars, they live exclusively on milkweed. These butterflies migrate in the fall, traveling thousands of miles from their ...
This fascinating insect goes through an amazing life cycle consisting of four stages: egg, larvae, pupa, and adult. Some monarch butterflies migrate each year while others do not. As caterpillars, ...
About a week ago, several monarch caterpillars were busily munching on the native narrowleaf milkweed I’d planted in my backyard in the San Francisco Bay Area to provide habitat for the imperiled ...