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  2. Are tussock and monarch caterpillars in a fight over milkweed ...

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    Both the milkweed tussock and the monarch caterpillars eat the cardiac glycoside-laden milky sap of milkweed and have evolved mechanisms to retain those toxins in their bodies after metamorphosing ...

  3. All About the Monarch Butterfly: A Free Lesson Plan - AOL

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    As caterpillars, they live exclusively on milkweed. These butterflies migrate in the fall, This fascinating insect goes through an amazing life cycle consisting of four stages: egg, larvae, pupa ...

  4. Danainae - Wikipedia

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    Four species are found in North America: the monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus), the queen (Danaus gilippus), the tropical milkweed butterfly (Lycorea cleobaea), and the soldier butterfly (or "tropic queen", Danaus eresimus). Of these, the monarch is by far the most famous, being one of the most recognizable butterflies in the Americas.

  5. Monarch butterfly - Wikipedia

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    A monarch caterpillar on milkweed. The fifth-instar larva has a more complex banding pattern and white dots on the prolegs, with front legs that are small and very close to the head. Its length ranges from 2.5 to 4.5 cm (0.98 to 1.77 in). [6] [37] The larvae typically chew through a latex vein to relieve the pressure and feed above it.

  6. Monarch butterflies appear to be everywhere these days. Is ...

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    Milkweed, of course, is the only food that monarch caterpillars eat, making it crucial for their survival. But here we come to the struggle between creating habitat and pretty landscapes in our yards.

  7. Asclepias asperula - Wikipedia

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    Milkweed plants are a major food source for Monarch and Queen butterfly caterpillars and as with other milkweed plants, it bleeds white latex if a stem is cut and this sap is toxic to some animals and to humans. It also makes Monarch and Queen butterflies taste bad to potential predators, an effective defense mechanism.

  8. Ophryocystis elektroscirrha - Wikipedia

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    Spores of O. elektroscirrha are ingested by the caterpillars when they eat their egg chorion (shell) after they hatch, and when they feed from infected milkweed. Once the parasite has entered the host's gut , the spores open and emerging sporozoites penetrate the gut wall and migrate to the hypoderm (the layer of cells that secrete the larva's ...

  9. How a tweak to Ohio law might help save monarch butterflies

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    In 2017, the U.S. Geological Service reported that as many as 1.8 billion additional milkweed stems would be needed in North America to restore the monarch butterfly population. It takes about 28. ...