Look what we gathered up today (and yesterday as well)! Our first batch of Monarch Caterpillars suddenly appeared. It’s still a little early for the big migration (I think that should be around October), but we apparently have some Monarchs who are laying eggs.
Today I was reading some posts in one of the Butterfly listservs and they were commenting how there appear to be significantly less Butterflies than usual. To be quite honest, I’m not sure if I have noticed a difference or not yet. I’m certainly paying more attention to the Butterflies compared to previous years, but I’m not sure how this year compares to previous years.
Late Summer Monarch Caterpillars
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texdr - I think it will be interesting this year to see what happens down here. I just had the strangest occurrence. We took in 7 or so Monarch Caterpillars and only two of them made it to Chrysalis. The rest are just dangling straight down (no “J” pattern). I don’t know if it was OE or Tachnid Flies or maybe something else. I hope this isn’t a sign of things to come.September 6, 2009 – 10:42 pm
Valerie - I’ve noticed more monarchs in our area compared to last year. We’ve been able to tag more wild ones than last year. And they are still mating in our area, so we’ll see them for at least another month.September 3, 2009 – 7:47 am