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Egg prices at the grocery store were up 30.4% in October from the year prior, according to the consumer-price index. Increased demand from holiday cooking makes egg prices even more volatile.
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Food prices soared 3.1%, making up 80% of the increase in goods prices. Wholesale egg prices vaulted 54.6%, the most since June, after declining 20.6% in October. Prices for fresh and dry ...
In addition to its plant-based diet, O. fasciatus has been observed feeding on aphids, monarch caterpillar eggs, and larvae, displaying opportunistic behavior. [4] [20] This bug also feeds on A. nivea, Sarcostemma clausa, Calotropis procera, and Nerium oleander. The southern populations often consume Asclepias curassavica, a tropical milkweed.
Although monarch caterpillars will feed on butterfly weed (A. tuberosa) in butterfly gardens, it is typically not a heavily used host plant for the species. [51] The plant contains only low levels of cardiac glycosides. This may make A. tuberosa unattractive to egg-laying monarchs. [52] Some other milkweeds have similar characteristics. [53]
Prices Spike Just in Time for Baking Season. Egg prices have increased more than any other consumer staple over the past year, hitting an average of $3.37 per dozen in October, a 30% jump from ...
The first-instar caterpillar that emerges from the egg is pale green or grayish-white, shiny, and almost translucent, with a large, black head. It lacks banding coloration or tentacles. The larvae or caterpillar eats its egg case and begins to feed on milkweed with a circular motion, often leaving a characteristic, arc-shaped hole in the leaf.
Egg prices have steadily risen in recent months — they’re up 30.4% this October compared to the year prior, CNN reports — due to a spike in bird flu; outbreaks in egg-laying chickens are ...