Oliver Hernandez poses with a common milkweed plant in his front yard in 2020. A tiny, young monarch caterpillar and even tinier monarch eggs are visible on the underside of a leaf. Across the Midwest ...

Across the Midwest, some city codes threaten people with fines for having milkweed on their property. But experts say many places have dropped those rules to support monarchs with urban and suburban ...

Changing and falling leaves are a sure sign of fall, and so are milkweed seed pods starting to dry out in preparation of being harvested. Milkweed is the only host plant of monarch butterflies, ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. ― This insidious vine can wind around patio furniture, cover other plants or even an entire bush within days or appear out of the blue sticking straight up in your lawn. If it has ...

A monarch caterpillar and a milkweed beetle munch on common milkweed in Ginger Werp's garden in Overland Park, Kansas last summer. (Courtesy of Ginger Werp) Common milkweed is an essential plant for ...

Of all the perennials that sprouted up this spring, I was most pleased to see the butterfly weed. After a rough season last year, with deer keeping the plants eaten down to the ground, I wasn’t sure ...

The Richland Soil and Water Conservation District is collecting milkweed seed pods to help support the declining monarch butterfly population. Milkweed is the only plant monarch butterflies will lay ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — The Tennessee Department of Transportation is offering free milkweed seeds as part of an effort to support pollinator populations across the state, during National Pollinator Week.

I suppose everybody with an interest in nature knows that milkweed plants are the necessary hosts for the larvae of the monarch butterfly as well as several species of beetles, true bugs and the ...

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Today, many people know that milkweed is the only food source for monarch caterpillars. But do you ...