Danaus plexippus feeding on bindweed

[Riley Rice]

I've harbored this secret information for years (procrastination, that's
all). I was browsing this forum for the first time and thought I might
unload.

In summer, 1991, near Dayton, Ohio (blackberry season - does that narrow
it down?), I came across a D. plexippus caterpillar feeding on bindweed
alongside a dirt road. The little guy was definitely out of its first
instar (about 1 cm in length), so it was managing to survive OK (I saw
no milkweed within easy view). I took it home and placed it on my
milkweed. It did OK for a while then disappeared.

Has anyone heard of such a food plant for this species?

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Riley Rice
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