Growing milkweed from seed is one of the easiest ways to help declining monarch butterflies. In December 2024, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service proposed monarch butterflies, whose numbers in the ...

During a recent visit, Kells, who started the garden and now tends it with a crew of volunteers, gently turned over milkweed leaves, finally revealing a pale monarch butterfly egg — so small it was ...

Q: My milkweed has orange bugs on its seed pods. Are they harmful? No, they’re not going to damage the plant enough to warrant intervention. These are native insects, and they are part of the ...

All milkweed plants — tropical or native — are good for butterflies and other pollinators, right? For the most part, that’s true. However, there is much debate between policymakers and the scientific ...

Monarch butterflies are afoot locally, according to staff at the Deschutes Land Trust, a local nonprofit that works to restore and preserve land tracts and waters that sustain central Oregon. Over the ...

All of us were taught in our elementary school science class about monarch butterflies and their caterpillar stage that only eats milkweed leaves. Other insects also eat milkweeds, but they are hardly ...

Monarch butterfly populations have declined to critically low numbers over the past 20 years, and it appears to be related to the increased use of tropical milkweed in our gardens and public spaces.

Grow milkweed (Asclepias) to support monarch butterflies, hummingbirds, and bees while adding color, fragrance, and beauty to your landscape. You’ll find native milkweeds throughout North and South ...