I've had a scattering of them here, but not great masses. Would love to see something like that!

Wow, thank you ... if the migration is in Texas already, it must be time for our first frost up here by Lake Michigan.

Theyre everywhere here. Lots of larvae also.

My guess is they have passed through Oklahoma and are now in Texas since this week I've seen nary a single one. I saw some in late Sept -early October, but not like last year, all in all it was a punk year for monarchs. On a row of lantana's I saw only 2 or 3 at any given time. Last year the air was thick with them especially on a mass planting of agastache up the street where there must have been over 100 of them right before they headed on south. What a sight it was. One day they were there, the next they were gone as if they were grouping to go on south.

Thank you for posting this! What a joyful thread.... I have had a few here passing through for at least 4 weeks. No cats on my milkweed all this year. Not sure why. Even bought the red milkweed from Redentas who buy theirs from growers who do not use BT. Glad to see them.

Anyone know what type of bee this is? Thank you c

I've seen some lately, but only one was on my place a couple of days ago. The rest I saw elsewhere. The species has been severely declining in North America, so in many parts of Texas, there's just so few compared to 10 years ago.

I've had several this week. Dh and I were just sitting outside. It looked like we had four monarchs and and a couple of the butterflies that look similar, but aren't. Also had a sulfur butterfly and something else.

My last chrysalises emerged last week. I haven't seen any new caterpillars for two weeks.

I'm seeing a lot more this fall than previous years; seems like the peak was earlier this month, but I'm still seeing a good handful every time I look around. Haven't had any luck with caterpillars, though. I have plenty of milkweed, but the mockingbirds pick off anything that gets large enough. I'm seriously considering pop up butterfly tents for a few milkweeds next year.