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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
Monarch at the Research Greenhouse, Josh Biggs

 

Monarch in the RGC
Monarch eggs on milkweed plant, Adair Patterson

 

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Building 79
NAU Greenhouse complex
421 E Pine Knoll Drive
Flagstaff, AZ 86011
Email
Adair.Patterson@nau.edu
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928-523-9103