A Healthy Monarch Caterpillar (IMAGE)

Emory Health Sciences

A Healthy Monarch Caterpillar

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Monarch caterpillars feed on any of dozens of species of milkweed plants, including some species that contain high levels of cardenolides, which act as medicinal toxins.

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Photo by Jaap de Roode, Emory University

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