and they can cause milkweed flowers and leaves to distort in shape. These aphids may also leave a sticky honeydew residue in their wake, which can develop sooty mold and make affected plants look ...

DESCRIPTION: The monarch is a large orange butterfly that flies with its wings held in a “v” shape. The wings have prominent dark ... late February and following the progression of blooming milkweed ...

RIO GRANDE CITY, Texas— The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today protected the prostrate milkweed as endangered. Only 24 populations of the plant survive, in south Texas and northern Mexico, where ...