Monarch butterflies are the iconic butterfly. It's impossible not to picture their vibrant orange and black wings fluttering through gardens or meadows when someone mentions them by name. These ...

We typically get an influx of monarch butterflies and caterpillars just about now, and I want to make sure the caterpillars have enough to eat. Is this a tussock vs. monarch caterpillar scenario?

Their caterpillars exclusively eat the leaves of a native wildflower ... across the continent during the spring and summer months. Monarch eggs on a milkweed plant. CREDIT: Ursula Alvarado-Miller.

Milkweed is beautiful, easy to grow, and necessary for butterflies to survive. Here's how to grow and care for milkweed the ...

Monarch caterpillars eat 200 times their weight in milkweed and can devour a whole leaf in less than 5 minutes. Monarch butterflies are poisonous to predators because of the chemicals in the milkweed ...

But they're in trouble. Monarch caterpillars can only eat the leaves of milkweed, a native wildflower. As milkweed has disappeared, so have the monarchs, to the point that they're at risk of ...

Monarch butterfly super generation live up to 9 times longer than most monarchs, migrates thousands of miles. ... it's the only source of food their newly born caterpillars will eat.

Summer is prime butterfly season. Butterflies are cold-blooded, meaning their body temperatures are the same as the surrounding air.

By eating all of your milkweed. I was not prepared, but hey — live and learn, survive and advance. Given how voracious monarch caterpillars are, there are some important things to know that I ...

We typically get an influx of monarch butterflies and caterpillars just about now, and I want to make sure the caterpillars have enough to eat. Is this a tussock vs. monarch caterpillar scenario?