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  2. Butterfly gardening - Wikipedia

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    Butterfly gardening is a way to create, improve, and maintain habitat for lepidopterans including butterflies, skippers, and moths. [2] Butterflies have four distinct life stages—egg, larva, chrysalis, and adult. In order to support and sustain butterfly populations, an ideal butterfly garden contains habitat for each life stage.

  3. Asclepias - Wikipedia

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    The leaves of Asclepias species are a food source for monarch butterfly larvae and some other milkweed butterflies. [5] These plants are often used in butterfly gardening and monarch waystations in an effort to help increase the dwindling monarch population. [21]

  4. Monarch butterfly - Wikipedia

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    The monarch butterfly or simply monarch ... commonly fewer than 10% of monarch eggs and caterpillars survive. ... is among the most important food plants for monarch ...

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

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    The monarch butterfly is easily identified by its bold orange, black and white coloring. This fascinating insect goes through an amazing life cycle consisting of four stages: egg, larvae, pupa ...

  6. A Visual Guide to Monarch Butterflies - AOL

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    Few insects are as beloved as the monarch butterfly. These fascinating creatures are beautiful, boldly colored and surprisingly strong — the North American monarch migrating thousands of miles ...

  7. It’s monarch butterfly season once more. Here’s how to ...

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    The state sports 190 species of butterflies.

  8. Asclepias speciosa - Wikipedia

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    Asclepias speciosa is a specific monarch butterfly food and habitat plant. Additionally, phenylacetaldehyde produced by the plants attracts Synanthedon myopaeformis, the red-belted clearwing moth. [7] It is also a larval host for the dogbane tiger moth and the queen butterfly. [8]

  9. Multiple monarch butterfly populations likely will become ...

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    A monarch butterfly feeding on milkweed. (Shutterstock) The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is pushing for added protections for the monarch butterfly after seeing a population decline of about 80%.