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 ...

MINNEAPOLIS — Each year, a coalition of volunteer community scientists and conservation organizations collects migratory monarch butterfly population data as part of their Western Monarch Count ...

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 ...

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Picture this: You’ve planted some milkweed, bee balm or California lilac, and you’re delighted to see bees and butterflies fluttering about your garden. You feel good about nourishing pollinators and ...

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 ...

Q: I planted milkweed last year in order to attract monarchs to my yard. This year I had a bunch of caterpillars, then I found milkweed assassin bugs. I have not seen any caterpillars since. My ...