Yes!!! Congratulations:-)

awesome!!! congrats!!

Thanks for confirming. They pretty much finished off the butterfly weed last night and am not sure they'll care much for the sages or other plants that are around it. Figure they'll sort it out, but is there anything I could do to improve their odds?

they won't eat sage....only milkweed. You could always pick wild milkweed from parks and finish raising them indoors. The one in the picture looks close to forming its chrysalis

Tony

Actually noticed them when I found one on a neighboring plant that I was trimming. It was one of 7 or 8 that have set off to find spots for their chrysalises. One was still chewing the stems down on the butterfly weed last night, but it was also gone this morning. Guess I'll be extra careful when weeding and trimming in this area for the next few weeks. Didn't realize they would gnaw the stems down like this... pretty amazing to see them like one particular plant that much.

that's kind of funny!! they go to town on it, don't they!!

When they're hungry, they'll eat what's available!