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How does milkweed help bluebird trails?
They don't really but the bluebirds can eat the newly hatched larvae of monarch butterflies.
Does the milkweed plant and the monarch caterpillar depend on each other?
Monarch butterflies will only lay their eggs on milkweed because it is their hostplant. A hostplant is the plant that the caterpillar will eat when it hatches from its egg. So, the monarch caterpillar will only eat milkweed, and the monarch butterfly will only lay its eggs on milkweed. The monarch depends in the milkweed, the milkweed does not depend on the monarch butterflies.
How is the milkweed important to butterflies?
I am growing Milkweed , and Monarch butterflies will only lay her eggs on them because monarch caterpillas can only eat this type of plant. :) I hope I helped everyone with this question :) Anymore question inbox me on facebook : Gustav V-Sloan
Are milkweed flowers rare?
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.
What flowers do Monarch butterflies like?
Monarch Butterflies especially like the following plants and flowers:Spider Milkweed (Asclepias viridis) - Butterflies lay their eggs on Milkweed and caterpillars eat only milkweed. Monarch butterflies need Milkweed to survive, but people treat it as a weed.Chives (Allium schoenoprasum)Siberian Wallflower (Erysimum x marshallii)May Night Salvia (Salvia x superba 'Mainacht')Native flowering plantsSome tips:Plant flowers that bloom at different times throughout the spring and summer so there will be continuous blooms.Do not use insecticidesProvide places, like flat stones, for the butterflies to rest in the sun.Provide a space for "puddling" and provide drinking water.For more information visit:http://www.nwf.org/How-to-Help/Garden-for-Wildlife/Gardening-Tips/How-to-Attract-Butterflies-to-Your-Garden.aspxhttp://www.nwf.org/News-and-Magazines/National-Wildlife/Gardening/Archives/2010/Cater-to-Caterpillars-to-Help-Butterflies.aspx
Why does the monarch Butterfly taste bad?
Monarch butterflies taste bad because they store toxins called cardiac glycosides from the milkweed plants they eat as caterpillars. These toxins make them unpalatable to predators and help protect them from being eaten.
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.
Are monarch butterflies helpful?
depends on what do you mean by helpful. They wont do a thing to help you clean your room.
How do monarch butterflies find the swan plants?
Monarch butterflies use their keen sense of smell to detect chemicals emitted by the swan plants. These chemicals act as attractants and help guide the butterflies to the plants where they can lay their eggs. Additionally, monarch butterflies have a natural instinct to search for specific host plants like swan plants for egg-laying.
Why does a caterpillar like milkweed?
The ant milks the caterpillar because it needs food for the ant colony. The ant also does this to help the caterpillar.
What is special about monarch butterflies?
Well, for one they are beautiful insects and they help pollinate our flowers. They are not better than other butterflies they are just more commonly known. ---- One of the unique features of the monarch butterfly is its annual migration pattern. Millions of monarch butterflies travel an estimated 4,800 km to winter in California and Mexico.
What benefits to society has the monarch butterflies offer?
Every year, millions of Monarch Butterflies migrate from southern Canada to Mexico, and each of them will pollenate millions of flowers, since the main diet of M. Butterflies is nectar. A few butterflies will carry pollen with them to Mexico, where they will in turn, fertilize the the plants with the pollen the are carrying.
