Tag: Monarch caterpillar

Milkweed Plant with Caterpillar

Potted Milkweed with Caterpillar for Insect Habitat cages

Help save the Monarchs 1 caterpillar at a time Availability usually begins around Mid-Late July. Milkweed 4 Monarchs 8741 Elizabethtown Rd. Elizabethtown, PA. 17022-8474 (It’s the long stone lane) Hours: Thurs thru Sundays from 8:00 AM – 6:00 PM until sold out. Call ahead if you want to make sure caterpillars are available. 717-367-9656 (no […]

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Monarch caterpillar on Swamp Milkweed bloom

ASCLEPIAS IN THE NEWS

The Milkweed family is known as Asclepias to botanists. With the decline of the Monarch population this plant genus has become very popular because of its unique trait of being the ONLY food source for the Monarch Caterpillar. The caterpillars are immune to the poison in the milksap and actually become poisonous themselves as protection […]

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