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Any other Monarch farmers out there?
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Post your photos!
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Monarchs
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A busy backyard:
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Wow! Impressive. I have only reared two or three at a time using Milkweed to feed them. Is that melon? I just love Monarchs.
We also grow Parsley just for the Swallowtails. Quote:
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The milkweed was stripped by the last generation. They love butternut squash, but it is an emergency food....and I think these might be smaller butterflies.
The chrysalis forming is amazing. It is as if they have a zipper and unzip the cater pillar skin from the back within a few seconds and push it out the top of the chrysalis. |
Fabulous images
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Status update
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16 chrysalis visible, i'm not snooping through the bushes.
4 mature caterpillars looking for a good place to transform themselves. 8 seniors feeding 7 juniors feeding 1 "Peewee" Who hatched in captivity surviving on leaves that had been fed to the bigger guys. The photo is the seven juniors and peewee in confinement. Monarchs compete for food, and I keep peewee happy. |
Thank you for posting your photos. They are fascinating. What a great job you are doing.
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Gold Rush!
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And I did not know the Monarch chrysalis is laced with gold, look!
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I agree that these pictures are fascinating! Would make a great science project for kids!
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one of my butterflies came out today. I'm waiting about 4 hours....for his wings to get pumped with blood and dry. then he can be released
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Earlier ones here in chrysalis are starting to clear the green color so I'm keeping my eye on them... Ain"t this fun? |
wish it was sunnier out....this one doesn't seem to want to leave the wings look fine and they move properly...maybe it's the gloomy skies
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More caterpillars
Went out to get milkweed flower to giver to butterfly and found a bush with seven more caterpillars on it
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That is wonderful! You are right that the overcast skies have a tremendous effect. The caterpillars are just as still if it were the dead of night.
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