Monarch Butterfly Food Plants. What is a monarch butterfly s favorite food. Female monarch butterflies spend most of their time looking for milkweed plants.
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Common sources of food the monarch butterfly however does not survive solely on nectar. The top three nectar bearing food plants that butterflies love are butterfly weed purple coneflowers and the new england aster. For example the caterpillar of the monarch butterfly can only eat milkweed leaves to survive.
The xerces society in partnership with the national wildlife federation and monarch joint venture developed regional monarch specific nectar plant guides for the continental us.
Most butterflies and moths can only rely on certain plants shrubs or trees to feed their young. In nz the natural food species of the monarch danaus plexippus larvae is the asclepiadiae family milkweed which includes swan plant gomphocarpus fruticosus and giant swan plant g. The xerces society in partnership with the national wildlife federation and monarch joint venture developed regional monarch specific nectar plant guides for the continental us. It is known for its flowers trapping butterflies and moths hence the name of cruel plant or vine.
