Milkweed And Monarch Butterflies. Without milkweed there would be no monarch caterpillars and without monarch caterpillars there would be no monarch butterflies and without monarch butterflies there wouldn t be any eggs that monarch caterpillars hatch from. The monarch s top 4 favorite milkweed species are bolded in the list below.
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Monarchs favor a variety of milkweeds and in fact with variety they ll lay more eggs. Common milkweed asclepias syriaca is a native herbaceous perennial whose main virtue is its appeal to butterflies especially the monarch which deposits its eggs on the milkweed when the caterpillars hatch they feed on the leaves of milkweed. Other common names depending on region include milkweed common tiger wanderer and black veined brown.
As such milkweed is critical for the survival of monarchs.
The monarch butterfly or simply monarch danaus plexippus is a milkweed butterfly subfamily danainae in the family nymphalidae. Other common names depending on region include milkweed common tiger wanderer and black veined brown. The winner is the asclepias incarnata common name. It may be the most familiar north american butterfly and is considered an iconic pollinator species.
