Re: Cape Florida - Black Whiskered, Warblers and Buntings


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Posted by Elsa on 22:39:46 04/17/06

In Reply to: Cape Florida - Black Whiskered, Warblers and Buntings posted by Trey Mitchell

That flower is a milkweed, the larval host and adult nectar plant for the monarch butterfly. I bet if you had looked under the leaves you would have found their fat black and white caterpillars. My milkweeds are currently being devoured by a monarch baby boom. Thanks for the nice photos!



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