Growing milkweed from seed is one of the easiest ways to help declining monarch butterflies. In December 2024, the U.S. Fish ...

Most people plant milkweed to attract monarch butterflies. However, it can attract nuisance bugs as well. If you have this plant in your yard, keep an eye out for the boxelder bug-like group of ...

you’re also nurturing the milkweed tussock moth and milkweed beetle, whose larvae feed on its leaves like monarchs, and pollinators including other butterflies, birds, and bees who feed on the ...