We came home from our camp today and immediately checked the 9 chrysalis we actually found in the last 2 weeks. 3 monarchs had eclosed! 1 of the remaining 6 was clear and eventually eclosed while we were unloading. 1 of the last 5 has gotten dark (its hard to see so it could be clear) and I'm guessing will eclose in the next day or so. We found all 4 new monarchs.
A painted lady also made an appearance on our blue mistflower.
After finding the butterflies we started looking for caterpillars. In all, we found 36 monarch and 2 black swallowtail caterpillars.
What a morning!!
by trucker96961
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So nice to see such success! I have hope someday to have some here too. I enjoyed the photos and the story, thanks for sharing.
wow thats really fantastic
I have only seen one single monarch in my garden this year 😞 What zone are you in?
Flippin amazing. Really really really happy with all of this!