Monarch butterflies are important culturally and ecologically across North America. Generations have watched in wonder as yellow-and-black striped caterpillars fold into ... much more slowly than the ...

While wasps are also important to the natural environment, their predation on monarch butterfly ... milkweed and the caterpillars should be safe. Read the original article on House Digest ...

The official state insect of Texas is in trouble. The monarch butterfly, long idolized for its epic migrations and delicate beauty, is facing another alarming chapter in its decline. Volunteers ...

It was about eight months ago when construction worker Jeff Smith stumbled upon something in his garden that would quickly become his passion. “It was a complete accident, ” said the Buccaneer Point ...

U.S. officials moved Tuesday to protect the monarch, an iconic orange-and-black butterfly famous for its ... to designate the monarch, whose caterpillars eat a plant called milkweed, as one ...

the proposed listing would generally prohibit anyone from killing or transporting the butterfly. People and farmers could continue to remove milkweed, a key food source for monarch caterpillars ...

With the recent proposed listing of the monarch butterfly under the Endangered ... the food source for monarch caterpillars. One of these, called methoxyfenozide, is likely to be highly toxic ...