They can only drink nectar from the milkweed plant.When people build new houses and roads, milkweed plants are lost. So Monarchs have more trouble finding food as time goes on. And the number of monarchs becomes less each year.People today have learned that some insects must be protected....
(Left) Yellow aphids cover our Swamp milkweed plants. (Right) An Oriental beetle snacks on a blossom of our Virginia rose bush. All too often, out comes the bug spray, and more poison finds its way into the environment. But the spray doesn’t help for long. New pests soon move in....
mimosa Money grass root of root lupine bean Small leaf wild is clear white axle grass small crown flower red flower red bean Cold water flower-hops blue lace floral milkweed Wax flower big flower hornbill star flower rubiae valerian Teregium sericulus flannelata maleophyll Chamomile, chrysanthemum...