MORE MONARCH BABES ON THE WAY!

More teenies found in the garden!  I thought we had seen the last Monarch eggs but while cutting milkweed in the garden for the larger caterpillars, we found four more!  I can’t recall when was the last time I saw this many Monarchs in our garden and in meadows.

For your daily Monarch photo, today we have a range of Monarchs in our garden in different stages, from minuscule first instars to J-shapes readying to pupate to an old worn out boy winding down.

1st instar
3rd Instar
J-shape readying to pupate
Chrysalis
Newly emerged zipping together proboscis

Female newly emerged drying wet wings and readying for take off
An old boy – note his tattered and fading wings

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