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Monarch butterfly populations are in decline -- but there is a simple way you ...
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"Milkweed is an essential plant for the monarch butterfly because it's the only plant that female will lay eggs on and it's the only food that monarch caterpillars will eat. So they're wholly dependent on this one specific plant," Roberts says. Helping ...
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