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