It's spring. When planning your garden, consider planting native milkweed. Monarch butterflies need our help. Adverse weather conditions in 2024, coupled with a steady and ongoing decline in ...

Monarch butterflies require milkweed plants as egg-laying sites, but they also migrate long distances every spring and fall, and the route from Mexico to Canada passes through the San Antonio area.

Colony estimates at central Mexico overwintering sites indicate that monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus ... and southern Canada) Loss of milkweed (Asclepiadaceae) host plants in the spring and summer ...

Milkweed is the sole host plant for monarch butterflies, meaning monarch caterpillars rely on it for survival. Planting milkweed ensures a steady presence of these iconic butterflies while ...

"The proposed rule includes species-specific protections and flexibilities to encourage conservation of the butterfly under section 4(d) of the ESA." Monarchs lay their eggs on milkweed plants and ...

“Protecting prostrate milkweed is a big deal for the monarch butterflies who lay their eggs on these plants as they fly through Texas after spending the winter in Mexico,” said Tierra Curry, a senior ...