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Both the milkweed tussock and the monarch caterpillars eat the cardiac glycoside-laden milky sap of milkweed.

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It takes several generations of milkweed-eating caterpillars for the monarchs to get from Mexico up to Canada every year, so they rely on milkweed plants throughout their migration path.

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Monarch caterpillars can only eat the leaves of milkweed, a native wildflower. As milkweed has disappeared, so have the monarchs, to the point that they're at risk of extinction.

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Milkweed is the sole host plant for monarch caterpillars and historically monarchs have relied on native milkweed species in aiding their migratory patterns.

Both the milkweed tussock and the monarch caterpillars eat the cardiac glycoside-laden milky sap of milkweed.

Both the milkweed tussock and the monarch caterpillars eat the cardiac glycoside-laden milky sap of milkweed.