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.

Slimleaf 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.

  • Visits flowers of 186 records on milkweeds

    Recorded on milkweeds, and handed down to its species.

  • Visits 30 records on milkweeds

    Recorded on milkweeds, and handed down to its species.

  • Interacts with 1 record
    • iNaturalist 1 record

      iNaturalist community observations of species interactions.