Thread: Monarch caterpillars eating all the milkweed!
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Old 20-03-2004, 01:36 AM
Stephen M. Henning
 
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Default Monarch caterpillars eating all the milkweed!
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(Genevieve) wrote:

I want to encourage butterflies in my garden, but the caterpillars are
consuming the milkweed plant. The plant is practically leafless now.

It is the natural food of the monarch. Most people like the monarch's
more than the milk weed. In fact that is the only reason we have milk
weed in our garden.

Will the plant bounce back? How should I deal w/these critters?

I haven't seen anything that will kill milkweed. Ours always comes back.

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