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EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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As protection against herbivores such as caterpillars, the milkweed produces chemical deterrents on its leaves.
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For the monarchs, Mr Harris brought down from Atlanta a special tall-growing variety of milkweed I had never seen before.
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In defending itself so thoroughly against the monarch, the milkweed became inseparable from the butterfly.
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Since most other animals avoid milkweed , the monarch caterpillars usually have the leaves all to themselves.
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The caterpillars of the monarch butterfly, surprisingly, are able to feed on milkweed without taking any of these precautions.
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The females lay their eggs on milkweed and the caterpillars feed on these plants until they pupate, prior to emerging as butterflies.
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They obtain their unpleasant flavour from the milkweed plant.