A Monarch Emerges

August 9, 2012

A few photos of a monarch butterfuly emerging from its chrysalis. This was a delightful morning occupation both yesterday and …

Our Monarch Butterfly Gallery

August 8, 2012

On July 30th five of our monarch caterpillars entered their chrysalises. This morning they emerged – no longer fat squishy …

July 31, 2012

Yesterday, about 15 hours after attaching themselves to their silk pads, our monarch caterpillars (five of them) pupated into lovely …

July 30, 2012

We have been raising Monarch caterpillars from eggs. (See previous posts.) I have not posted about them for ten days; …

July 18, 2012

A note on our 3-day-old monarch caterpillars. They have already taken on the markings of a mature caterpillar: beautiful green, …

July 17, 2012

On our dining room table is a paper plate. On the paper plate are milkweed leaves in different stages of …