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Milkweed bug are orange and black in color, they have delicate legs, long proboscis, the females have one black stripe and two black dots whereas the male has two thick black stripes. Their long proboscis help them to bore a seed and inject salivary enzymes, making it easy for them to digest.
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∙ 12y agoThe flower resembles a small Trumpet (like the orange red flower of the trumpet vine) and is yellow with small orange dots. the leaves are a sage color green, have scalloped edges and is a simple leaf structure, meaning that it has a center vein and small veins coming from the center vein to the edge of the leaf. The leaves will hold tiny water droplets after a rain. Most generally you will find the jewelweed plant in areas where deer roam as it's a favorite food for them, along streams and marshes, places where it's damp and does not have a lot of sunlight.
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∙ 8y agoCommon milkweed gets about 4 feet tall. It has pinkish purple clusters of flowers that smell very sweet. If you break the plant stem or leaf, it has a milky white sap. The leaves are oval and flat. They usually have red and black milkweed beetles on them.
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∙ 9y agoYes, milkweed does have flowers. They are usually pinkish-purple in color.
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Is milkweed non vascular?
Milkweed is a vascular plant.
What flowers do monarch butterflies not like?
What plants Monarch butterflies do not like is not all that important, though no specific plants that they do not like are known. The most important thing is that they not only like, but need specific kinds of milkweed for their survival. They lay their eggs on milkweed and the caterpillars feed on the plant.
Is swamp milkweed endangerded?
no its not it is one of the most popular types of milkweed there are out there
What are the poisons called that are in the milkweed plants?
There are chemicals in the milkweed that make it taste or smell bad
What food web is the milkweed part of?
Milkweed is eaten by several species of insects, most notably the monarch butterfly larvae, red milkweed beetle, and milkweed tussock caterpillar or tiger moth. In turn, monarchs are eaten by birds, and tiger moths by bats.
How many milkweed plants are there?
There is common milkweed, purple milkweed, tropical milkweed, and swamp milkweed.
What type of climate dose milkweed grow in?
There are different types of milkweed. Tropical milkweed grows in the south. Common milkweed grows in on the eastern side of the Mississippi River. There is western milkweed on the Pacific coast.
How tall is milkweed?
Some milkweed get 4 feet tall. Tropical milkweed is much shorter, perhaps 18 inches tall.
How does milkweed get energy?
Milkweed like most plants gets its energy from the sun.
What does a milkweed bug look like?
They mate from end to end for about 30 mins
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.
What kind of animal lays eggs from its head?
This makes them look like the head of a very large animal instead of a ... This memory will stay with the predator, who will avoid that type of .... It eats milkweed in its larval stage and lays eggs on the poisonous milkweed plant. ...
Do milkweed pods explode?
It looks like an explosion but that is because of the silk attached to the seeds makes it look like smoke. They just split open when they are dry or ripe.
What is the concrete symbol in milkweed by Jerry Spinelli?
In "Milkweed" by Jerry Spinelli, the concrete symbol is the milkweed plant itself. The milkweed plant symbolizes resilience, survival, and hope in the face of adversity. Just like the milkweed seeds that float through the air and take root in unlikely places, the characters in the novel, especially the protagonist Misha, exhibit a similar sense of perseverance and strength in challenging circumstances.
Is the common milkweed allelopathic?
Yes. Although Common Milkweed (Asclepias syriaca) is rarely found on U.S. lists of allelopathic plants, extracts from its roots have been found to reduce the germination rate and seedling growth of field corn.
What flowers do butterflies like to suck?
Butterflies like milkweed. (monarchs do, at least)
Is milkweed in Jamaica?
Yes. There is milkweed in Jamaica. The Jamaican Monarch lives on milkweed.
