Majestic Monarchs
Posted in Plants, wildlife, tagged butterfly, herbicide, milkweed, monarch on May 12, 2008 | No Comments »
Looking to create a monarch butterfly oasis in your backyard? Think milkweeds. This budding plant fends off hungry bugs and birds with a poison called cardiacglycosides. And since it doesn’t affect monarch butterflies and larvae, predators that try to snack on these majestic creatures become sick and learn to steer clear of them altogether.
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