Monarch butterflies gained access to milkweeds after they evolved the metabolic trick of absorbing the cardiac glycosides by sequestering them in fat bodies Two species of milkweeds are abundant and ...

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The monarch butterflies have migrated north for the summer but their “cousins” the queen butterflies are prominent in many area landscapes, especially if you have milkweeds and one or more good nectar ...

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When Lorraine Kells first came upon two sprawling Chicago Park District flower beds near Diversey Harbor, she saw weeds and cigarette butts. But eight years later, a dazzling array of wildflowers ...

Two species of milkweeds are abundant and conspicuous from the plains of Colorado to the montane region of the Front Range. The showy milkweed, Asclepias speciosa, is common along roadsides and in ...