What’s the monarch’s favorite milkweed?

In North America there are over 90 species of milkweed, four of which are native to Québec. Are monarch butterfly females more attracted by certain milkweed species when it comes to laying their eggs? Researchers conducted two experiments to answer that question.

by André-Philippe Drapeau Picard, Mission Monarch coordinator

 

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