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Asclepias syriaca
Many of these plants were growing in this area. Many, like this one, were over 3 feet tall. Small Milkweed Bugs were feeding on the seed pods: http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/185...
Next to a vegetable garden in a suburban yard next to forested swamp
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I found a chrysalis, but it had fallen off one of the plants. I have seen a few adult monarchs around though
check the leaves for butterfly eggs.