Tammie Rogers
Inspired by Dogs & Nature
Monarchs and Milkweed
Monarch butterflies cannot survive without the milkweed plant, as their caterpillars only eat that plant. I’m happy that we have lots of wild milkweed growing in the hedgerows and the over-grown areas that we allow for various species to thrive.
And yet, while I’ve seen Monarch butterflies and milkweed plants I’ve actually never seen them together…until yesterday.
Doesn’t it bring a little joy to your heart to see this special interaction between species play out in a meadow full of sunshine?
This afternoon, I thought I was filming a bird in a tree, but I think I captured what might be butterfly sex, instead. I truly didn’t intend to intrude!
Beautiful post. I have the pink and orange milkweed in my yard. I have capture monarch butterflies on them for several years in a row.
Thank you. Our milkweed is wild and I’ve never thought to transplant it to a different location. Perhaps that would be a good idea. What time of year is the best to do that?
Both of mine are wild. Transplanted mine in the Summer when I dug them up. But it is probably best in the late Fall.