It was about eight months ago when construction worker Jeff Smith stumbled upon something in his garden that would quickly become his passion. “It was a complete accident, ” said the Buccaneer Point ...
Butterfly weed, a form of milkweed, provides monarch caterpillars ... Purple coneflower is a native perennial that you must plant in every monarch-friendly garden. Its thick, upright stems ...
Monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus ... Monarch butterflies use only milkweed as the food plant for their larvae. They cannot sustain their existence without it. Many varieties of milkweed ...
The colorful black and orange wings dazzle kids and parents alike, as do the fat striped caterpillars that feast on milkweed plants. But an alarming decline in state monarch butterfly populations ...