{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Good Growing","title":"Gardenbite: More than monarchs: Insects on milkweed | #GoodGrowing","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":609,"description":"Milkweeds have become a popular garden plant in the last several years. They are most commonly planted to help support monarch butterflies because milkweeds are the sole food source for monarch caterpillars. If you’ve ever gone out to check your milkweed plants for monarch caterpillars, you may have been surprised to find other insects living and feeding on your milkweed plants. After all, milkweeds are toxic to other animals. However, some insects have evolved to be able to feed on milkweed and, like monarch caterpillars, have become milkweed specialists.\n Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/cLvl96PpqOg \nPhotos\nRed milkweed beetle\n\"Red Milkweed Beetle - Tetraopes tetropht\" (CC BY 2.0) by Judy Gallagher\nRed milkweed beetle eyes - By Bruce Marlin, CC BY-SA 2.5, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=1514284 \nSwamp milkweed leaf beetle\nAdult – Thomas Irvine (CC BY 4.0), iNaturalist\nLarva – dbugs, Public Domain, iNaturalist\nMilkweed bugs – Ken Johnson, University of Illinois Extension\n\nMilkweed tussock moth\nNewly hatched caterpillars and damage - Erin Lalime (CC BY 4.0), iNaturalist\nOlder caterpillar - \"255/366 Milkweed Tussock Moth - Euchaete\" (CC BY 2.0) by Judy Gallagher\nAdult moth - Dan MacNeal (CC BY 4.0), iNaturalist\nOleander aphids - Ken Johnson, University of Illinois Extension\n \n\nContact us! \nChris Enroth: cenroth@illinois.edu\nKen Johnson: kjohnso@illinois.edu \n \n \nCheck out the Good Growing Blog: https://go.illinois.edu/goodgrowing\nSubscribe to the weekly Good Growing email: https://go.illinois.edu/goodgrowingsubscribe\n \n \nAny products or companies mentioned during the podcast are in no way a promotion or endorsement of these products or companies.\n \n--\nYou can find us on most podcast platforms.  \niTunes https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/good-growing/id1446630377   \nStitcher https://www.stitcher.com/show/good-growing   \nTunein https://tunein.com/podcasts/Gardening/Good-Growing-p1187964/ \nSpotify...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/R8M4jy-2EktViSJpDBxEJL2IulcAlRJg8ktxlDJM3UA/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzQzNDE1LzE2ODk3/OTA0NTktYXJ0d29y/ay5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}