Milkweed vine

Gardentoad · Post by **Gardentoad** » Aug 03, 2006 10:43 am

Does milkweed vine have the white sap when you break the stem or leaves? I was pulling up the weed vines in my garden and found monarch catapillars on vines that did not have a milky sap. The vines have a red base a dark green triangular leaves, medium substance.

The catapillars are striped black, white and yellow, I may be misidentifying them.

Old earth dog · Post by **Old earth dog** » Aug 04, 2006 1:49 am

Yes, the milkweed vine has white sap in it. I HATE those durn things but never realized they would attract the Monarch butterfly.
heere's a pic of the Monarch catapillars on my common milk weed.

Gardentoad · Post by **Gardentoad** » Aug 05, 2006 4:52 pm

Thanks. It's good to know I wasn't pulling up host plants. I wonder how the cats happend to be on them? I found 2 that were only an inch long. The vines they were on were not chewed and only about 8-10" long.
It had rained the night before so maybe they just got blown off their host plants.

Old earth dog · Post by **Old earth dog** » Aug 05, 2006 10:11 pm

They could very well be a host plant. Someone lots smarter then me would have to say no to be sure.