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	Shenandoah National Park - Butterfly milkweed (U.S. National Park Service)
		The inner whorl is known as the corolla, above that is the corona, and the outermost whorl of sepals is the calyx.
		The leaves of the butterfly milkweed are stiff and lance-shaped.
		Butterflies and hummingbirds are attracted to the bright orange flowers of butterfly milkweed and feed on the nectar.
	www.nps.gov /shen/naturescience/butterfly_milkweed.htm (415 words)

	Florida Insects -- Milkweed caterpillars, Monarch Butterflies
		It is presumed that these butterflies do not return to the north in spring, but their children do.
		Milkweeds, which Monarch larvae feed on exclusively, are considered noxious weeds by some people, as such they are often destroyed.
		Both milkweed and adult nectaring plants are vulnerable to herbicides used by landscapers, farmers, gardeners, and others.
	www.floridagardener.com /critters/Insect_Pests/Milkweedcat.htm (443 words)

	Common Milkweed
		Milkweed species as a group are known to contain cardiac glycosides that are poisonous to humans and livestock, as well as other substances that may account for their medicinal effect.
		Monarch butterflies are specific to milkweed plants; this is the only type of plant on which the eggs are laid and the larvae will feed and matures into a chrysalis.
		Milkweed species are attractive to many insect species, including the large milkweed bug, common milkweed bug, red milkweed beetle, blue milkweed beetle, and bees.
	scienceviews.com /plants/commonmilkweed.html (1118 words)

	Brooklyn Botanic Garden: Milkweeds—Easing the Plight of the Monarch Butterfly
		Butterflies were everywhere, sometimes landing on a hat or colorful shirt, or tickling a forearm.
		Butterfly weed's blossoms range from orange to red to yellow; 'Gay Butterflies' is a seed mix including all three colors.
		All milkweed seeds, with the exception of the tropical bloodflower, should be stratified before planting: put them in a ventilated plastic bag or container of moistened sand or moss, and refrigerate for about four weeks.
	www.bbg.org /gar2/topics/wildflower/2000su_milkweeds.html (1726 words)

	Asclepias tuberosa Butterfly milkweed Chiggar Weed Pleurisy Root Seed and Plants (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The young shoots, stems, flower buds, immature fruits, and roots of butterfly milkweed were boiled and eaten as a vegetable by various indigenous groups of eastern and mid-western America.
		Milkweed species, as a group, are known to contain cardiac glycosides that are poisonous both to humans and to livestock, as well as other substances that may account for their medicinal effect.
		When the roots of the butterfly milkweed were more commonly harvested for their medicinal use, the plants were dug when dormant in the late fall.
	www.easywildflowers.com /quality/asc.tub.htm (1488 words)

	Butterfly milkweed
		When in bloom, this plant attracts butterflies and many other insects.
		The coloration of butterfly milkweed can range from the more common brilliant orange to pale yellow to deep red.
		Butterfly milkweed has a deep taproot, so it does not transplant easily.
	www.lib.ksu.edu /wildflower/butterfly.html (214 words)

	Milkweed, Asclepias species, Monarch butterfly host plants * Rose Franklin's Perennials
		Milkweed contains cardenolides (cardiac-active steroids) which are consumed by monarch caterpillars during feeding and then sequestered in their bodies even after the adult monarchs emerge from their pupae.
		Butterfly weed (Asclepias tuberosa) grows 18"-24" high, produces clusters of bright orange flowers from late June through July, and is highly utilized as a nectar source.
		Tropical milkweed matures at 30"-36" high, serves as a nectar source for numerous butterfly species, and is highly utilized as a host plant for monarchs.
	www.butterflybushes.com /milkweed_information.htm (1293 words)

	Butterfly Milkweed
		Butterfly milkweed grows from 15 to 36 inches tall, and is topped with large bundles (umbels) of small flowers.
		Several butterfly species, including the magnificent monarch, use this plant as a nectar source for the adults, and a food source for their caterpillar children.
		Butterfly weed and its native companions can add a very natural look to your garden, and many wildlife species will grace your landscape to show their gratitude for your wise choice.
	www.clemson.edu /psamedia/2005/butterflymilkweed.htm (1183 words)

	Monarch Butterfly (Danaus plexippus)
		The monarch butterfly is an attractive insect that has reddish-orange wings, with a fl border and white spots along the edges.
		The monarch is also called the "milkweed butterfly" because during the larval (or caterpillar) stage it eats the milkweed plant.
		It lives in open fields of milkweed during the spring and summer months, and in areas with lots of trees to perch on during the winter.
	www.thebigzoo.com /Animals/Monarch_butterfly.asp (565 words)

	Chicago Wilderness Magazine - Jill Riddell
		Hikers may see butterflies dancing in a cluster in the distance before discovering that the brilliant, almost fluorescent orange flowers of butterfly weed are the source of all the excitement.
		While butterfly weed nectar feeds the adults of many butterfly species, including hairstreaks, the plant has a special relationship with the monarch butterfly.
		Butterfly weed likes to be “high and dry,” growing in elevated prairies, slopes, and uplands.
	www.chicagowildernessmag.org /issues/summer2006/butterfly_weed.html (535 words)

	Milkweed Seeds for Monarch Butterflies
		Butterfly Encounters is encouraging everyone to plant milkweed seeds for the monarch butterfly.
		As land is developed and milkweed populations diminish, the monarch butterflies habitat is lost.
		Eastern Purple Milkweed is a beautiful species of milkweed that benefits from cold moist stratification.
	www.butterflyencounters.com (209 words)

	Butterflies and Butterfly Gardening in West Virginia
		Before you begin your butterfly garden it is important to know something about butterflies and about their life cycles, biology, and behavior.
		Butterflies may lay their eggs on or near the kind of plants on which the caterpillars feed.
		Butterfly tables can be made by placing dishes of sugar water and rotting fruit on a table about five feet off the ground.
	www.wvu.edu /~agexten/wildlife/butterfl.htm (1982 words)

	Butterfly Weed
		Butterfly Weed is easy to grow, and prefers a well-drained light, sandy, humus rich soil in a sunny position.
		Uses: Butterfly Weed is edible and medicinal, with a long history of use as a valuable alternative medicine and is one of the most important of the indigenous American species.
		Butterfly Weed is used internally in the treatment of diarrhea, dysentery, chronic rheumatism, and as an expectorant.
	www.diamon-naturals.us /butterfly.htm (337 words)

	Milkweed
		Butterfly weed is an herbaceous perennial, bearing orange flowers from July to September.
		Scarlet milkweed is native South America, but naturalized in Florida; Butterfly weed is native to eastern North America..
		Milkweed is almost totally stripped of leaves by hungry caterpillars, but will rebound in a few weeks.
	members.tripod.com /MelanyS/Milkweed.htm (431 words)

	Butterfly Gardening
		There are more than 20,000 different kinds of butterflies in the world with most being found in tropical environments.
		Butterflies are not only beautiful to look at, they pollinate plants & flowers, and are food for birds, animals, and other insects.
		Butterflies use flowers for food so naturally they are attracted to gardens.
	www.gardening-advisor.com /Butterfly-Gardens.html (631 words)

	Your Butterfly Garden (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Butterflies prefer temperatures of 70 to 85 degrees.
		Butterfly season is July 1 through September 30 in our area.
		Butterflies lay their eggs on certain trees and weeds.
	butterflybutterfly.com /Butterflygarden.html (388 words)

	Butterfly Milkweed
		The pods of Butterfly Milkweed are slender and have a long tapering point.
		Extracts from the roots of Butterfly Milkweed have been shown to be active against tuberculosis cultures.
		Butterfly Milkweed grows in a single clump from a woody rootstock.
	www.gpnc.org /butterfl.htm (546 words)

	Milkweed Seeds for Monarch Butterflies
		Cape Milkweed has cream and lavender flowers that are followed by large seed pods.
		Red Butterfly Milkweed has attractive red and yellow flowers that are followed by slender seed pods.
		Butterfly Weed has orange flowers that are followed by small seed pods.
	www.butterflyencounters.com /store/products.php (673 words)

	Floridata: Asclepias tuberosa
		Butterfly weed is a 2 ft (0.6 m) tall herbaceous perennial that dies back in winter and re-sprouts from its underground tuber each spring.
		Butterfly weed is unique among milkweeds in that the sap is not milky and the leaves are not opposite.
		The roots of butterfly weed are said to increase fluidity of mucus in lungs and bronchial tubes, hence the common name, pleurisy root.
	www.floridata.com /ref/A/ascl_tub.cfm (337 words)

	Web Resources for Students
		Butterflies are unique in that every part of its body from their wings to their feet are covered in delicate scales.
		Monarch butterflies begin to appear along the California coast early in October, when the first chill of fall and a decline in nectar signal the need to migrate to the south to escape the killing cold of northern winters.
		The Monarch is a common poisonous butterfly that eats poisonous milkweed in its larval stage and lays its eggs on the milkweed plant.
	www.cdli.ca /CITE/butterflies.htm (1506 words)

	Milkweed Plants * Asclepias tuberosa (Butterfly Weed) * Asclepias incarnata (Swamp Milkweed) * Asclepias curassavica ...
		Usually growing 18"-24" high, Butterfly Weed attracts numerous butterfly species for nectaring and it is sometimes utilized as a host plant for Monarch butterflies.
		Milkweed is essential for the existence of Monarch butterflies.
		Adult Monarchs (and many other butterfly species) love nectar-rich milkweed as a food source, but there is a more important reason for the Monarch's close attachment to milkweed.
	www.butterflybushes.com /milkweed.htm (976 words)

	StEpHaNiE's HoMeWoRk - Science (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		One of the monarch butterfly's nicknames is the "milkweed butterfly" because its larvae eat the plant.
		After awhile, the caterpillars hang upside down to a twig, then they shed their outer skin and begin the transformation into a pupa (or chrysalis), a process which is completed in a matter of hours.The pupa resembles a waxy, jade vase and becomes transparent as the process progresses.
		Butterflies' colors come from tiny scales which cover the wings colors may aid them in and camouflage, or by warning away predators.
	maxpages.com /stephanieshw - !http://maxpages.com/stephanieshw (723 words)

	Got Milk
		As important as milkweed is to Monarchs in their U.S. and Canadian summer habitat, this is only half the story.
		Gardening practices that affect butterflies include overuse of pesticides, amount of nectar producing plants for adults and food plants for butterfly caterpillars.
		Common Milkweed is hardy in zones 3-8 and grows 2 to 5 feet high.
	www.colostate.edu /Depts/CoopExt/4DMG/Flowers/Perenls/milkweed.htm (513 words)

	monarch_butterfly (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The mystery was finally solved in 1974 when, directed by the recovery of a few tagged butterflies, Ken and Kathy Brugger finally tracked the butterfly migrants were to their winter roosting sites: oyamel forest on particular group of isolated mountainsides in Mexico.
		The relationship between the monarch and the milkweed is an unusually clear example of the partnership that exists between plants and insects in general: in which the plant provides food for the insect and the insect helps to spread its pollen so that seeds can be formed.
		The milkweed is considered to be an unwelcome visitor in most fields and gardens, but it continues to root in ditches, along railway tracks and in other neglected places.
	www.milkweedpatch.com /monarch_butterfly.htm (730 words)

	How to Make Butterfly Gardens
		Butterflies have large, rounded compound eyes which allows them to see in all directions without turning their head.
		Butterflies begin their life as an egg, laid either singly or in clusters depending on the species.
		On a final note, it's important to conserve butterflies when possible since their habitat is constantly diminishing due to the increasing needs and consequent development of roads and housing.
	www.uky.edu /Ag/Entomology/entfacts/misc/ef006.htm (870 words)

	Monarch Butterfly and Milkweed (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The butterflies you see in the summer at Fermilab are not the same individuals that left there the preceeding fall, but their offspring.
		A female monarch lays its eggs (1) on a sprouted milkweed plant.
		The milkweed's "milk" or white latex is both acidic and somewhat poisonous to many animals.
	ed.fnal.gov /entry_exhibits/insect/monarch.html (315 words)

	Butterfly Garden
		A Butterfly Garden is designed to attract as many species of butterflies as possible by growing nectar producing plants and shrubs.
		The purpose of a butterfly garden is to attract these beautiful insects for our own pleasure, and to provide an extension of their decreasing habitat.
		Butterfly houses may be used to simulate natural shelters and are similar to birdhouses with slits in them.
	www.hras.org /butter/butter.html (539 words)

	Monarch Butterfly Metamorphosis Photos
		During this time, the butterfly is very vulnerable.
		The plump abdomen is full of fluid which is quickly pumped into the veins of the tiny wings.
		The butterfly must hang vertically and allow its wings to expand fully before it is able to fly.
	www.milkweedcafe.com /photos.html (121 words)

	Country Naturals Butterfly Page--Grow Milkweed for the Monarchs
		The number of monarch butterflies in the U.S. is declining at an alarming rate.
		Milkweed is not a very pretty plant, especially with hungry little monarch caterpillars munching away at its leaves, but it's the only food those babies can eat.
		When you're choosing flower seeds, look for the little butterfly logo on the seed packet, or in the catalog, and plant some butterfly food to go along with your other blooms.
	countrynaturals.com /butterfly.htm (232 words)

	Danaus plexippus "Monarch Butterfly, Milkweed Butterfly" (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The monarch butterfly is the most common species of milkweed butterfly in North America.
		This group of species get their common name of milkweed butterflies because the larvae feed primarily on milkweed plants.
		Milkweed should also be planted in full sun, sheltered from wind.
	entweb.clemson.edu /museum/buttrfly/local/bfly16.htm (251 words)

	Butterfly Milkweed (Asclepias tuberosa interior) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Unlike other milkweeds, this plant has a clear sap, and the level of toxic cardiac glycosides is consistently low (although other toxic compounds may be present).
		Otherwise, Butterfly Milkweed is easy to grow, although somewhat slow to develop.
		This is perhaps the showiest of the milkweeds because of the long-lasting and colorful flowers.
	www.illinoiswildflowers.info /prairie/plantx/btf_milkweedx.htm (463 words)

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