Gracie & I were at our wonderful off leash last night, and I took these pics of our incredible MILKWEED. Did some reading about the plant tonight... did you know....?
That the Monarch Butterfly looks for these plants, lays their eggs underneath the leaves, and depends solely on this plant to survive(up here, in the north country)? Because the plant is poison to animals and birds, it makes the butterfly bad too - to them, not us! :-) Cool, eh?
http://www.nativeorchid.com/dorisMandM.htm
http://www.gamewarden.ab.ca/archive/Winter2004/department.html
TTFN
1 comment:
Great shots, Cynthia. Wish I would have had them for the story.
Daniel Boyco
Editor
Alberta Game Warden
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