Caterpillar hosts for Monarch

87 native plants its caterpillars eat, most recorded first.

Not native to the US

6 plants, most recorded first.

Nativity unknown

23 recorded only to genus or family, or with no nativity on record.

Wheel Milkweed

for Monarch

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Caterpillar hosts · handed down from milkweeds

What the records say

  • Eats · as larvae 26 records on milkweeds

    Recorded on milkweeds, and handed down to its species.

  • Hosted by · as larvae 8 records on milkweeds

    Recorded on milkweeds, and handed down to its species.

  • Pollinates 1 record
    • National Database Plant Pollinators. Center for Plant Conservation at San Diego Zoo Global. Accessed via https://saveplants.org/national-collection/pollinator-search/ on 2020-06-05.

    References

    • Betz, R.F., Struven, R.D., Wall, J.E. & Heitler, F.B. (1994). Insect pollinators of 12 milkweed (Asclepias) species. In: Proceedings of the thirteenth North American Prairie Conference. Department of Parks and Recreation, Windsor, Ontario, Canada. pp. 45?60