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Common Milkweed Seed Pods

Asclepias Syriaca

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Field Notes

Description:

Exploding pods, empty pods. Still full pods. Milkweed is a favorite food of Monarchs and Swallowtails. Also enjoyed by bees, beetles, moths and true bugs.

Habitat:

Wooded area, Hiking path

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PublishedNovember 6, 2011

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