Texas Parks & Wildlife, Volume 67, Number 10, October 2009 Page: 47
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( 04d
.GREEN MILKWEED
(Asclepias viridis)
Most monarchs feed
on this s pecies.
Found in East
Central and
BROADLEAF MILKWEED South Texas
(Asclepias latifolia)
Common to West Texas in fall BUTTERFLY WEED
#'.. ANTELOPE HORN (Aslepias
MILKWE ED tuberosa)
(Asclepias aspe- Most common
rula) - Most in the eastern
common in West- half of Texas in
Central Texas the spring
Why
Milkweeed?
OST KINDS and other predators,
contain a poison which can also get sick.
that caterpillars Like caterpillars, adult
absorb into their monarchs taste bad,
bodies. The poi- too. Their bright
son makes them orange color warns
taste bad to birds predators: Don't eat me
d yu or you'll get sick!
Did you know?
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A S& I D LI F * 47The Mystery
of Metamorphosis
IN THE SPRING AND FALL, monarchs deposit tiny eggs - one
at a time - on the underside of a milkweed leaf. Three to six days
later, the egg hatches into a
larva. The larva eats
milkweed
leaves. Then,
two to three
weeks later,
the caterpillar
forms a green
chrysalis. An adult
monarch emerges seven
to 10 days later.
The Mystery of Milkweed
BUTTERFLIES REQUIRE two kinds of plants: nectar
(food for adult butterflies) and larval (food for
caterpillars). Monarch caterpillars eat ONLY milkweed
plants. So females must deposit their eggs on milkweed
leaves or larvae will starve.
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