milkweed

Milkweed in the Meadow

November 8, 2021

Milkweed shimmers in the afternoon sun at Wachusett Meadow.

South Meadow, Wachusett Meadow Wildlife Sanctuary, Princeton, MA

In the late Fall, meadows in New England are bursting with milkweed pods, which furnish monarch caterpillars with the only food they will eat. A huge effort is underway to plant more milkweed to stop the recent decline in the monarch population.

bursting milkweed Version 2

milkweed spirit monarch eating Monarh Butterfly on Milkweed Plant

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