Show What You Know Quiz: Female monarchs lay their eggs exclusively on which plant?
A Milkweed
B Sunflowers
C Marigolds
Monarch butterflies and milkweed have a symbiotic relationship. The insects lay their eggs on no other kind of plant, and once the larvae hatch into caterpillars they rely solely on milkweed for nourishment. In exchange, the butterflies are milkweed’s main pollinators.
The correct answer is Milkweed.