ASCLEPIAS AND MONARCH BUTTERFLIES
Dilemas do norte e do sul
Milkweed in winter, Maryland, USA
Seeds by the wind
Preparations Milkweed (Asclepias sp.) – the only plant where monarch butterflies lay their eggs, and so, essential for the Monarch’s survival. Seeds are wind-pollinated, pods are silky smooth inside, rough and edgy on the outside. Destruction of habitat where the plant grows, threatens the butterfly in North America.
Monarch in Brasil
Monarch in hometown
The only monarch of the South American summerIn Brasil, algodaozinho do campo (asclepias currasavica) is used as a medicinal plant. This fact, combined with habitat destruction, also threatens the survival of the Monarch butterfly there.
Compositions
Futures
Aliens