More about monarchs

Here is the article we read and listened to in class:

Scientists Predict a Bad Year for the Monarch Butterfly

According to the Glossary of Agronomical Terms published by the Agronomy Department at the Argentinean Southern National University,

Milkweed (Asclepias sp.) is known as Escoranilla or Oreja de Conejo in Spanish.

Here is the glossary, available for download in .pdf format.

Read more about milkweed (and monarch butterflies) at monarchwatch.org.

image credit to flickr user M Hedin

monarch caterpillar (Danaus plexippus) on Asclepias tuberosa (butterfly milkweed)