Milkweed

 
Milkweed is attractive to all butterflies as a nectar food source, but only Monarch caterpillars can eat the plant.

Milkweed. Courtesy Ellen Lucy

Skipper Butterflies visiting a Milkweed Plant. Courtesy Ellen Lucy

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