Native Plants<p>I've heard that we focus too much on the monarch butterfly to the detriment of other bugs. Its stunning beauty gives it a marketing edge that other insects don't have.</p><p>But monarchs bring people into the <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/pollinator" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pollinator</span></a> world. Once someone gets into monarchs, they learn about caterpillars, wildlife habitat, native plants. And planting <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/milkweed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>milkweed</span></a> and nectar flowers for monarchs helps lots of other <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/butterflies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>butterflies</span></a> and <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/bumblebees" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bumblebees</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/MonarchButterfly" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MonarchButterfly</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/MilkweedForMonarchs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MilkweedForMonarchs</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/EndangeredSpecies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EndangeredSpecies</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/NativePlants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NativePlants</span></a></p>