GMP 30:
Season 3
​Episode 3

Conversation with Anurag Agrawal author of Monarchs and Milkweed
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Monarchs and Milkweed: A Migrating Butterfly, a Poisonous Plant, and Their Remarkable Story of Coevolution

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2:40

I’m curious about your early experiences that may have got you interested in monarchs?

Monarch 🐛 hide in plane sight. Find the milkweed and you can find the caterpillars.

6:00

Is tropical milkweed a native milkweed in Mexico?
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Tropical milkweed is right at home in Oaxaca Mexico. Asclepias currassavica grows as a "ditch weed" along roads and farms in Mexico.

8:40

How is the experience of visiting the monarch butterflies in their winter sites high in the mountains of central Mexico? 

11:00

Listen to the solar powered microphone that transmits the sounds of the monarch butterfly wings to the interned directly from the monarch butterfly biosphere reserves.
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​​🔊 locusonus.org/soundmap/051

17:45

Monarch Butterfly Flight Challenge could reveal the secrets to the the monarch butterflies whereabouts. Despite the overwhelming technological challenges the outcome could transform our understanding on the monarch's migration. Cell phones for monarchs?

20:00

Order Anurag Agrawal's new book - Monarchs and Milkweed: A Migrating Butterfly, a Poisonous Plant, and Their Remarkable Story of Coevolution
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22:00 

How many milkweeds have you seen in the wild?

I was stumped! I've seed 14 kinds of native milkweed and 3 tropical varieties. I am growing 6 more that I have never seen before but have the seeds to try growing them for the first time. 

25:00

Milkweed Madness 2018 registration opens today (tonight).

REGISTER FOR MILKWEED MADNESS 2018 right here!

Registration will remain open till mid March or when 512 contestants have registered.

"If it's good for the butterflies, it's good for me" -Brad G.

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Host: Brad Grimm
​Guest: Anurag Agrawal
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Intro Music: sunny - Bensound.com
Outro Music: acusticbreeze - Bensound.com

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