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Monarch Eating Milkweed

Name: Monarch Eating Milkweed - Video
Uploaded: 2016-03-14T00:00:00-0500
Duration: P0Y0M0W0DT0H0M36S
Description: Monarch butterflies are a sign of a healthy ecosystem, and the milkweed plant is the key to a strong monarch population. At Apricot Lane Farms, we've planted several hundred native milkweed plants to lend to the health of the Monarchs that inhabit our area during migration.

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Monarch butterflies are a sign of a healthy ecosystem, and the milkweed plant is the key to a strong monarch population. At Apricot Lane Farms, we've planted several hundred native milkweed plants to lend to the health of the Monarchs that inhabit our area during migration. Milkweed provides both a home for eggs to safely hatch and a food source for the larvae and soon-to-be caterpillars. In this short film, a monarch caterpillar forages on milkweed all day long.

Visit Apricot Lane Farms’ website to learn more about the farm’s unique ecosystem.

Credits for “Monarch Eating Milkweed,” a film by John Chester Camera: Kyle Romanek Editor: Mallory Cunningham