Milkweed and monarchs
Monarch butterflies are specialists which puts them at a certain risk. Their…
Making It Grow Minutes · Amanda McNulty
June 2, 20231m 0s
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Monarch butterflies are specialists which puts them at a certain risk. Their larva can only eat milkweed plants – with habitat destruction and the use of certain herbicides on large acreages of crops, milkweed plants, once common across the country, have vastly diminished.