Milkweed played such an important medicinal role in the Americas that in 1753 Carl Linneaus, the father of taxonomy, named the milkweed family after Asclepias, the Greek God of medicine.

As native plant enthusiasts, we all know and love our milkweed plants and the wonderful monarch butterflies they host.

But do you know other insects that find a home on your milkweed at different times of the year?

Rebecca Vargas goes through the different stages of milkweed and the fascinating insects that appear at different times on your plants.

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In wildness is the preservation of the world

Biodiversity has been recognized as an indicator of ecosystem health, a reservoir for agricultural variety, a source of medicines, a supporter of watershed quality, a mediator against human disease and disease vectors, and an aesthetic and recreational resource.

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