Did you know that a Monarch caterpillar its sole source of food is the milkweed plant?
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Monarch butterflies lay their eggs on milkweed plants so the caterpillar can start to feed on the milkweed plant as soon as possible.
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You can help the monarch butterflies by planting habitat along their migration trail such as a butterfly garden!
In your butterfly garden include:
- Common Milkweed
- Butterfly milkweed
- Swamp Milkweed
- Purple cone flower
- Black eyed Susan
By planting these plants you can create a sanctuary for monarch butterflies to land, feed ans lay eggs on their long migration.
The monarch migration:
- In the fall and winter the Monarchs travel from southern Canada and the United States down to Mexico
- In the spring they begin their journey north laying eggs along the way
- 2 or 3 generations later (from the butterflies that left mexico) Monarchs start to approach southern Canada
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For more information visit: http://www.wwf.ca/conservation/species/monarch_butterfly/ https://journeynorth.org/tm/monarch/kids_fall.html