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Thanks to Monsanto and their product Round Up, milkweed are a lot more rare than they used to be. Many garden clubs are planting milkweed to help keep the Monarch Butterflies who have caterpillars that only live on milkweed.
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When is Milk weed in season?
Common milkweed flowers in June in zone 5. There are other types of milkweed that bloom later.Tropical milkweed flowers all summer. It blooms even after it has made seed pods. However tropical milkweed is an annual in most temperate growing zones.
Do baby caterpillars drink water?
No they eat milkweed and other flowers
What flowers do butterflies like to suck?
Butterflies like milkweed. (monarchs do, at least)
What makes butterflies that eat milkweed dangerous to there preditors?
The monarch caterpillar is at a high risk when they eat Milkweed. Milkweed got its name because its full of a sticky milk colored liquid. Many caterpillars get stuck in it and die. The caterpillars that eat milkweed are immune to a special toxin in the milkweed but still are at risk of dying in the sticky liquid. Butterflies do not eat milkweed. They drink nectar from flowers or juice from fruits.
What do Monarch Butterflies eat?
Monarch butterfly larvae (caterpillars) feed exclusively on milkweed. The adult Monarch butterfly drinks the juices of soft fruits (usually fallen fruits), and nectar from flowers. It drinks the nectar of milkweed flowers, which makes it poisonous to predators.
Which polliators pollinate a milkweed?
Insect pollinators that are attracted to sweet smelling flowers. This usually includes butterflies, daytime moths, and bees. I always see a lot of butterflies, in particular, around the milkweed in my neighborhood.
Is moss related to milkweed?
Other than both are plants, there is little relation. Milkweeds have flowers, moss does not.
How many milkweed plants are there?
There is common milkweed, purple milkweed, tropical milkweed, and swamp milkweed.
How do yo grow rare flowers?
If you could grow them they wouldn't be rare.
What are tropical flowers?
A rare flower
Where is the Milkweed Plant on Bog isle that contains the moth?
The Milkweed plant is south of MrBraider under a small marsh pit, it has Pink flowers on it. Simply Click on it and click 'Search' you have found the moth wings. I hope this helped. ~AlBell
What do milkweed flowers do to survive?
They produce a bitter latex. This "milk" tastes bad to the herbivores such as deer that eat them and they leave the plant alone.
