Monarch oviposition study
Purpose: Test whether monarch butterflies deposit eggs on select milkweed species and determine whether parent host plant affects choice of plant for egg laying.
Plant species: Milkweeds (Asclepias species)
Participants:
Richard Hofstetter, Professor of Forest Entomology, NAU
Ivan Lukic, Postdoc Forestry
Jazlee Crowley, biological technician, undergraduate student
Mike Wagner, Emeritus Professor of Forest Entomology NAU
![Monarch at the RGC](https://nau.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/74/Monarch-Oviposition-Study_1-300x450.jpg)
![Monarch in the RGC](https://nau.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/74/Monarch-Oviposition-Study_2-300x450.jpg)