Monarchs that contract this disease are deformed and often die upon emerging from their chrysalis. Additionally, monarchs feeding solely on tropical milkweed are more likely to contract and spread ...
Milkweed is a gorgeous native North American species that has multiple benefits for your garden, as well as a special ...
However, year-round milkweed accumulates higher concentrations of that parasitic nemesis OE. Monarchs that stay on these patches to breed during winter have higher parasite loads and become a vehicle ...
PETOSKEY, MI – Lauri Juday carries around little packets of common milkweed seeds and gives them to anyone who promises to plant them. That’s because monarch butterflies need native milkweed ...
Only three molecular changes are needed for fruit flies to digest milkweed toxins Gene-edited fruit flies have gained some of monarch butterflies’ superpowers — specifically, the ability to ...
RIO GRANDE CITY, Texas— The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today protected the prostrate milkweed as endangered. Only 24 populations of the plant survive, in south Texas and northern Mexico, where ...