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.

Ruth's 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 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

    • Buchmann, S., Adams, L.D., Howell, A.D. & Weiss, M. (2010). A Study of Insect Pollinators Associated with DoD TER-S Flowering Plants, Including Identification of Habitat Types Where They Co-Occur by Military Installation in the Western United States ( No. 08?391). Department of Defense