Common milkweed (Asclepias syriaca) pods bust open exposing the seeds. Many milkweed butterflies, including the monarch, rely on this plant exclusivel

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Common milkweed (Asclepias syriaca) pods bust open exposing the seeds. Many milkweed butterflies, including the monarch, rely on this plant exclusively as a food source for its larvae as it is thought to make the larvae unpalatable to predators.

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Location: Ohio, USA
Photo credit: © Jackie Nix / Alamy / Afripics
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