Monarch Update on July 08, 2013 Get link Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email Other Apps They're moving over to the nearby Agave augustifolia now and preparing to become butterflies. Mission accomplished. What a relief! Comments AlanJuly 8, 2013 at 11:50 AMExcellent! How many surviving do you have? I'm eager to see if my first Asclepias in a few years has attracted any Monarch parents.ReplyDeleteRepliesHoover BooJuly 9, 2013 at 11:52 AMThere are about a half-dozen Chrysalis on the Agave that I can see (but I suspect many more), and ten caterpillars still on the last leafed Asclepias.DeleteRepliesReplyReplyUnknownJuly 8, 2013 at 1:14 PMThis is so fun! Love your photos! ReplyDeleteRepliesHoover BooJuly 9, 2013 at 11:52 AMThanks! DeleteRepliesReplyReplyJanneke July 8, 2013 at 1:17 PMGreat, I am looking forward to see the butterfly!ReplyDeleteRepliesHoover BooJuly 9, 2013 at 11:53 AMMe too! :) DeleteRepliesReplyReplySpiky ObsessionJuly 8, 2013 at 2:33 PMWell done. Hope you get to actually see the butterflies as they emerge as well.ReplyDeleteRepliesReplyAnonymousJuly 8, 2013 at 2:36 PMCongratulations!ReplyDeleteRepliesHoover BooJuly 9, 2013 at 11:53 AMI do sort of feel like I've accomplished something. It's a kick!DeleteRepliesReplyReplyMulchMaidJuly 8, 2013 at 5:38 PMIsn't it interesting that the caterpillars move to another plant to pupate? Wonderful pictures of this little invasion, by the way!ReplyDeleteRepliesHoover BooJuly 9, 2013 at 11:54 AMWell, there's nothing left of the plants they ate, so I can't say it's not unexpected. ;^) The Agave is nice and sturdy. I hope it serves them well. DeleteRepliesReplyReplyAdd commentLoad more... Post a Comment Always interested in your thoughts. Any comments containing a link to a commercial site with the intent to promote that site will be deleted. Thank you for your understanding on this matter.
Excellent! How many surviving do you have? I'm eager to see if my first Asclepias in a few years has attracted any Monarch parents.
ReplyDeleteThere are about a half-dozen Chrysalis on the Agave that I can see (but I suspect many more), and ten caterpillars still on the last leafed Asclepias.
DeleteThis is so fun! Love your photos!
ReplyDeleteThanks!
DeleteGreat, I am looking forward to see the butterfly!
ReplyDeleteMe too! :)
DeleteWell done. Hope you get to actually see the butterflies as they emerge as well.
ReplyDeleteCongratulations!
ReplyDeleteI do sort of feel like I've accomplished something. It's a kick!
DeleteIsn't it interesting that the caterpillars move to another plant to pupate? Wonderful pictures of this little invasion, by the way!
ReplyDeleteWell, there's nothing left of the plants they ate, so I can't say it's not unexpected. ;^) The Agave is nice and sturdy. I hope it serves them well.
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