Congratulations!
Liz

Here she is!

~Laura

Yay!

I had only found two eggs and 4 caterpillars on my milkweed all season, but this weekend my husband told me that he had seen a Monarch flitting around, so I went out and gathered twenty eggs. They are just starting to hatch, but I'll be busy when they are all big at the same time!

I have found 7 eggs so far. :-)

Congratulations on your eggs! Maybe we (this forum) can single handedly increase the Monarch population! ;-)

~Laura

Yes!!

They are around! I'm so excited for you. You'll have some caterpillars we can show if we get the TV channel to respond. You know I'm counting on you to be there for moral support.

Sandy

I will definitely be there - just tell me when! I may bring a small crowd with me... my daughter, my son in law, my husband... etc. Like I said before, I've always got a ton of people around! That's what happens when you and your spouse both come from fairly large families!

~Laura

UPDATE: I have located 13 eggs today. Most were laid on physocarpa - and a few on curassavica. I am hoping she will be back. I had checked the plants around 2:00 this afternoon and found just one new one - found 6 additional this evening so I know she came back. Fingers crossed she'll be back again!

~Laura

I'm sure she will continue to leave you eggs for a few days. I'm glad you are getting them, and not me! But, I do hope for more as these all pupate. The last little ones that I shared with you have gone through the instars rapidly. It won't be long and they will be pupating as well. I didn't hear anything today--so don't know if the TV station will be interested. Just have to wait and see.

Sandy

Yay!

Very exciting to see the monarchs, even better to see she laid eggs. For me it always feels like a new cool present from childhood...

I hope you get more!

I haven't seen her again, but I keep finding sporadic eggs so I know she's been here. I think I have around 17 now.

~Laura