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Monarchs EAT Butterfly Bush Second Pic????

19 years ago

Here's a pic of the monarch!

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juanital
18 years ago
Pretty cool...We had found a couple on natural plants that they like (I am drawing a complete blank on the name of this plant and I know what it is :my daughter has a Butterfly bush and a few weeks or so ago she said it was covered with butterflies...

Juanita
beckyjessie
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18 years ago
Thanks Juanita--

It's nice hearing from you. All my monarchs have hatched out & flown away! Last year I had allot that didn't hatch out, but this year I had only 1 that didn't hatch out of about a dozen crysalises.
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jxa44
18 years ago
juanital, the name of the plant you were trying to think of is asclepias or butterfly weed. I've had it in my garden for years and years and nary a monarch :-(
tngreenthumb
18 years ago
That and milkweed. (Which is also asclepias.)

I was freaking at first when I saw these last year. Then I looked them up and found out they were Monarch's. Eat away boys!

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