Cedar Creek
Natural History Area


Insects of Cedar Creek

Order LEPIDOPTERA

Family DANAIDAE

(Milkweed Butterflies)

(Table of Species)

The Monarch, Danaus plexippus, breeds on milkweeds (Asclepias syriaca, A. tuberosa, A. incarnata). It is routinely seen in a number of old fields, but is more common in the fall when migrant adults are seen abundantly feeding at Liatris aspera (Blazing Star).  Only 4 NA species in this small Family.


jhaar@lter.umn.edu Last updated May, 2000