Swamp milkweed, or red milkweed, is less aggressive but good for monarchs. advertisement. ... (also known as red milkweed). Here’s why you should add this milkweed plant to your yard.

Milkweed plants are the hosts for the larvae of the monarch butterfly as well as several species of beetles, true bugs and the milkweed tussock moth. Skip to Article Set weather ...

Milkweed aphids taste foul to many predatory insects because of the compounds they ingest from the milkweed plants. However, several beneficial bugs prey on milkweed aphids, including ladybugs ...

Although the relationship between the red milkweed beetle and milkweed plants has been studied for nearly 150 years, ... “For many insects that eat it, ...

These underappreciated plants attract a “hungry throng” of beneficial insects. They’re not bad to look at, either. By Margaret Roach To see a field of common milkweed in midsummer — a sea ...

Winfield, Kansas, puts common milkweed on its list of “rank” plants that harbor rats and insects, pose fire risks or blight neighborhoods. Sometimes, city codes hinge on context.

Because milkweed is the only type of native wildflower on which monarch butterflies rely, some environmental advocates want Michigan to more fully embrace the plant now that it’s no longer ...