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To propagate by cuttings, cut a branch about 10 cm long and remove the leaves at the base. Plant the branch in a pot with light, well-draining substrate. [3] Gomphocarpus physocarpus is traditionally used to produce ointments for the treatment of warts and the seeds are used in rituals. The leaves and stems produce milky latex that is toxic ...
Both the milkweed tussock and the monarch caterpillars eat the cardiac glycoside-laden milky sap ... and we now have some clumps of perhaps 30 plants where there used to be three. Like most people ...
Butterflies need specific plants, called host plants, where they can lay their eggs and caterpillars hatch. Not all caterpillars will become butterflies, of course, because some are eaten by birds ...
Megalopyge opercularis is a moth of the family Megalopygidae.It has numerous common names, including southern flannel moth for its adult form, and puss caterpillar, asp, Italian asp, fire caterpillar, woolly slug, opossum bug, [3] puss moth, tree asp, asp caterpillar, and Donald Trump caterpillar [4] for its juvenile form.
Gonimbrasia belina is a species of emperor moth which is native to the warmer parts of southern Africa.Its large edible caterpillar, known as the mopane worm, madora, amacimbi “pigeon moth”, masonja or Seboko sa Mongana, feeds primarily but not exclusively on mopane tree leaves.
Like all species in the giant order lepidoptera (butterflies and moths), the monarch lifecycle is a perfect metamorphosis of four acts: egg, caterpillar, pupa, butterfly. ... Last winter, monarchs ...
Eastern giant swallowtail butterflies must correctly identify their host plants by antennal sensitivity to the specific volatile compounds in the plants. A study found that antennal response to these volatiles depends upon the concentration of the volatiles, the host plant of origin (whether it is a primary or secondary host), and the sex of ...
Caterpillars are often black or red, and feed on compatible plants of the genus Aristolochia. They are known for sequestering acids from the plants they feed on in order to defend themselves from predators by being poisonous when consumed. The adults feed on the nectar of a variety of flowers.