Like many other insects, a single female monarch can lay hundreds of eggs. And because milkweed still is readily available, monarchs appear to be able to bounce back each year despite fewer numbers of ...

lay eggs and grow the generation that will eventually head south in the fall. In a 2022 study, we analyzed counts of monarch butterflies during the North American Butterfly Association’s annual ...

If milkweed plants are available, some will even lay eggs that will hatch, and the caterpillars will make the final leg of ...

It was about eight months ago when construction worker Jeff Smith stumbled upon something in his garden that would quickly become his passion. “It was a complete accident, ” said the Buccaneer Point ...

Monarch butterfly populations have been in ... “Otherwise, the monarchs will lay eggs before making it to Mexico. Those eggs usually hatch and then die because the food dries up, or we get ...

“The iconic monarch butterfly is cherished across North ... a single butterfly in Georgia that relies on that bush to lay their eggs on. It does absolutely nothing to help that population ...

“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 ...

Monarch butterflies (Danaus plexippus ... In both countries, monarchs lay eggs on introduced milkweed species for their caterpillars to feed and develop. They take up the plant's toxins as ...

Citizen scientists are called on to help with tagging monarch butterflies and find out why their numbers are dropping.