Younger Residing is investing in a brand new analysis mission to check the connection between the milkweed plant and monarch butterflies. Main the examine will probably be Younger Residing Senior Scientist Tyler Wilson and Younger Residing Analysis Scientist Emma Andrews with assist from Utah Valley College intern Samantha Ingram.
The mission will probably be held on the Younger Residing Lavender Farm and Distillery in Mona, Utah and the Skyrider Wilderness Ranch in Tabiona, Utah to research the chemical profiles of various populations of milkweed. Particularly, this examine will look at the completely different cardiac glycosides, or cadenolides, in milkweed, which is the monarch butterfly’s supply of meals and safety from predators. Scientists will gather information about butterfly populations, together with eggs and larvae on leaves.
“As stewards of the earth, we work to realize our bold conservation, preservation, and restoration targets,” Wilson stated. “We hope that the findings from our devoted group of scientists will help the bigger scientific group in additional conservation of the monarch butterfly.”
