Steven Fulton started out offering milkweed plants to support the endangered Western Monarch population. Today his Santa ...

And like a clump of grass, the milkweed tussock caterpillar has orange "tussocks" that extend down the length of its body, meeting over the midline and thick black, orange and white tufts around ...

Creating a haven for monarch butterflies in your backyard is more than just a joy for the eyes—it’s a crucial way to support ...

The monarch butterfly is a beautiful and colorful creature, but it takes time to reach this stage of its adult life.

"I planted a bunch of milkweed for the migrating monarch butterflies, but there’s a fuzzy orange, black and white caterpillar eating my milkweed. What should I do?" — P.R.

We’ve endangered these creatures, as we humans often do, and some scientists want monarchs on the official endangered list.

Oliver Hernandez poses with a common milkweed plant in his front yard in 2020. A tiny, young monarch caterpillar and even tinier monarch eggs are visible on the underside of a leaf.

Pinewoods milkweed (Asclepias humistrata) is perfect for dry planting locations. Blooms March-June with white flowers. Fewflower milkweed (Asclepias lanceolate) works best in areas with moist soils.

A. A butterfly expert tells me your caterpillar is the milkweed tussock moth caterpillar. It becomes an interesting-looking medium-sized moth with plain gray wings and a bright yellow-gold body with ...

Oliver Hernandez poses with a common milkweed plant in his front yard in 2020. A tiny, young monarch caterpillar and even tinier monarch eggs are visible on the underside of a leaf.

Both the milkweed tussock and the monarch caterpillars eat the cardiac glycoside-laden milky sap of milkweed and have evolved mechanisms to retain those toxins in their bodies after metamorphosing ...

And like a clump of grass, the milkweed tussock caterpillar has orange "tussocks" that extend down the length of its body, meeting over the midline and thick black, orange and white tufts around ...