This gang has been munching for days in my Virginia yard! They seem very large…when will they stop eating and start making their chrysalis? And, what happens when all the milkweed has been consumed?
by Silent-Holiday4645
This gang has been munching for days in my Virginia yard! They seem very large…when will they stop eating and start making their chrysalis? And, what happens when all the milkweed has been consumed?
by Silent-Holiday4645
8 Comments
When they’re ready 😁
Very soon! They look good and chunky. Mine went from that size to hanging in a day or two
Wow! Nice!
Nice! I haven’t seen that many monarch caterpillars in my yard in the past 4 years, combined!
“It’s all you can eat they said!!!”
Wow! You’re so lucky to have so many mouths to feed haha! I’m still waiting for them to find my garden, maybe next year.
Just so you know that specie of milkweed (tropical milkweed/Asclepias currassavica) is not native to the US! Swamp milkweed (A Incarnata) and butterflyweed (A tuberosa) are your natives 🙂 tropical milkweed is no good for the migratory monarchs.
When they are full