Monarch Caterpillars
8 years ago
About 2 weeks ago I was in the garden and noticed 8 female monarchs flying around ovipisiting on my milkweed seedlings. Then early last week I started noticing small 1st instar cats all around. Then yesterday I found, on a flat of Asclepias angustifolia seedlings, over 30 3rd-4th instar cats. I took several photos and am enclosing one photo with a dozen cats. There are about 80-90 cats all over my plants and also noticed yesterday another batch of 1st instar cats. GO Monarchs!!!
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