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Queen Caterpillars

10 years ago

Well, I found a small caterpillar on my tropical milkweed the other day. I was a little bit freaked out by it because it had an extra set of antennae. I had thought it was deformed. Looked it up today and found out it is a QUEEN and not a Monarch. I've found several since. Not sure about the migration of this butterfly. I'm surprised I didn't see any sooner this year. The fun continues at least for another couple of weeks.

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KC Clark - Zone 2012-6a OH
10 years ago
Very few species of butterflies migrate. And then that number can be reduced even further by people arguing about what constitutes a butterfly migration.

Queens don't migrate. And FYI, not all monarch populations migrate.
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10 years ago
Not having a migration is interesting. I haven't seen these type of caterpillars in the past two summers that I've had milkweed although I did find one queen chrysalis last year. I've assumed they migrated. The article I linked in my original post mentions the queens showed up and that is what happened here. I just assumed they migrated in because I haven't noticed the caterpillars or butterflies previously.
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