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Plitvice, Croatia. On the Bosnian border. World Heritage site
Yes.Wow! Is that a footbridge / rope bridge in the distant middle?
is that milkweed?
They sell "milkweed" here that monarchs don't eat. Lots of people plant it thinking they are helping.......Yes. It was labled as swamp milkweed. I never knew there were various forms of the plant. I was accustomed to “field” milkweed as a kid. It has become tres vogue to be planting it on a spare patch nowadays. Everyone has marshalled to save the Monarch!
I though so. Last year I planted some milkweed species that the nursery was carrying, specifically for monarch butterflies. (We have some 'other' wild species of milkweed in the woods but they don't seem to be monarch material ....similar to what Joe Camel is saying....I read there's over 300 types of milkweed). It's very prolific, grew from a 2 inch shoot to 4 ft. tall, during the 10 days I was in Orlando in May. I've had tons of monarchs around these season, and have observed the larvae, and larvae eaten holes on the leafs of the plant that is poisonous to everything but the monarch larvae/caterpillars. And like your photo (which I recognized by the spent flower) caterpillars on the leaf.Yes. It was labled as swamp milkweed. I never knew there were various forms of the plant. I was accustomed to “field” milkweed as a kid. It has become tres vogue to be planting it on a spare patch nowadays. Everyone has marshalled to save the Monarch!
:thumbsup: ....love the adaptability of the monarch. They eat the milkweed species that are poisonous to all other things. Thus, they too become poisonous, so predators will avoid eating them.Now you two have me going... do monarchs eat the field milkweed... the ones that send off those tinkerbelle seeds in the fall?
Never mind... they do. This is what I remember: Asclepias syriaca - Wikipedia
Too, I remember seeing that the National Park here had planted a patch of it.
When I was growing up in the midwest we ran the fields, "saved" caterpillars in mason jars with holey lids and watched them turn into a chrysalis then hatch into the final stage. Cool and every kid should have that chance.Now you two have me going... do monarchs eat the field milkweed... the ones that send off those tinkerbelle seeds in the fall?
Never mind... they do. This is what I remember: Asclepias syriaca - Wikipedia
Too, I remember seeing that the National Park here had planted a patch of it.
Robot bar on Harmony of the Seas. Was pretty cool to see this in action and always drew a decent sized crowd
Robot Bar by Mike Sperduto, on Flickr