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May 24, 2023
Common milkweed, that singular plant found at the edge of forests or alongside agricultural fields, is the host plant of the majestic monarch...Read more
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What happens when a monarch skips a meal?
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May 25, 2022
The monarch butterfly caterpillar has a voracious appetite. It feeds exclusively on its host plant, milkweed, which it devours at an astonishing clip...Read more
Monarchs don’t much care for heavy metal!
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July 7, 2021
Heavy metals are found naturally in the Earth’s crust. However, human activity stirs up an important amount of these metals into the environment...Read more
How to create a monarch habitat
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May 26, 2021
These days a lot of us are searching through nurseries and garden centers to prepare a piece of green paradise for the months ahead. Some gardens are...Read more
Monarchs know how to take care of themselves
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February 24, 2021
Living organisms are constantly confronted by a broad diversity of parasites of every sort. The last several months have shown us that we humans are...Read more
Time to get at your milkweed seeds!
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October 14, 2020
The days are growing increasingly shorter and the nights cooler and cooler: autumn is really and truly here. For some people, that means beautiful...Read more
Getting a better understanding of the monarch’s spring migration
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August 19, 2020
A number of people have contacted us over the summer to ask how the monarch population is doing. Some of them mention that they’ve come across very...Read more
Monarchs and milkweed, a complex relationship
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July 1, 2020
The monarch butterfly depends on milkweed to survive, the plant being the caterpillars’ only food source. It’s a system that seems really simple ‒...Read more
What’s the monarch’s favorite milkweed?
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February 27, 2019
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...Read more
Two invasive plants mean two more threats to the monarch butterfly
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July 21, 2016
Those threatening plants are vines with pale or dark mauve star-shaped flowers and are known as black swallowwort and European swallowwort; in Latin...Read more
