The role of a non-native host plant in altering the seasonal dynamics of Danaus plexippus (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) development
Abstract. Insect herbivores often experience seasonal fluctuation in food availability, which plays important role in signaling diapause and/or migration.
Work from our lab shows that non-native milkweed can allow monarch development into the winter, creating butterflies during a season where they can no longer migrate or breed. If you want to help monarchs, plant native milkweed only. π§ͺ #plant-insect #nativeplants
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A picture of me standing in front of the poster I presented at Evolution 2025.
Poster title: male-sterility mutations confer fitness advantage in an endangered, self-compatible mint.
A picture of me, and my peer, standing in from of our poster at the 2018
American Shore and Beach Preservation Association (ASBPA) conference. Poster title: Benthic macrofaunal communities as influenced by a sand transfer plant.
Had a blast at #Evol2025. It was an honor to present my research on the endangered scrub mint, Conradina glabra, to so many brilliant scientists.
A lot has happened in the years since my first conference poster!
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