Monarch.... It's Official!!
Jul 12, 2018 14:53:57 #
I spotted her with my own two eyes depositing eggs on the tiny milkweed that I planted last year... some not even 2" tall!! They stay in the egg for four days....
I will have to gather them up and make a nursery box, because last year, I made the big mistake of putting the eggs in with larger cats and I think many were eaten with the leaves.... so now I'll try to keep them seperated by stages.
Something tells me this is going to be a full time job.... Depending on how many I spot, I will take some inside, but I might just screen around the plants and let the others live outside... and that really is against my better judgment...
I'm officially the Grand-Butter!!
I will have to gather them up and make a nursery box, because last year, I made the big mistake of putting the eggs in with larger cats and I think many were eaten with the leaves.... so now I'll try to keep them seperated by stages.
Something tells me this is going to be a full time job.... Depending on how many I spot, I will take some inside, but I might just screen around the plants and let the others live outside... and that really is against my better judgment...
I'm officially the Grand-Butter!!
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I found a teeny tiny cat while checking on her eggs no bigger than a sprinkle!
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Jul 12, 2018 15:08:03 #
angela k wrote:
I spotted her with my own two eyes depositing eggs... (show quote)
Very nice angela, good luck, hope there are lots of monarchs
Jul 12, 2018 16:00:24 #
angela k wrote:
You are a great Monarch Grandma. Congrats!You will get the Monarch Butterfly award for 2018.I spotted her with my own two eyes depositing eggs... (show quote)
Jul 12, 2018 16:16:59 #
That's a beautiful Monarch. Have fun raising them.
Reminds me of an argument I had with a neighbor. She kept referring to some local butterflies as monarchs and I kept telling her they are not monarchs, they only look like them. They are Viceroys. Well they sure look like Monarchs was her response so they must be Monarchs. I'm pretty sure she never heard of a Viceroy so I had to be wrong. I finally convinced her when I pointed out there are no milkweed plants anywhere near here, the Monarch is a bit larger and it doesn't have the black horizontal stripe the Viceroy has.
Reminds me of an argument I had with a neighbor. She kept referring to some local butterflies as monarchs and I kept telling her they are not monarchs, they only look like them. They are Viceroys. Well they sure look like Monarchs was her response so they must be Monarchs. I'm pretty sure she never heard of a Viceroy so I had to be wrong. I finally convinced her when I pointed out there are no milkweed plants anywhere near here, the Monarch is a bit larger and it doesn't have the black horizontal stripe the Viceroy has.
Jul 12, 2018 16:18:40 #
angela k wrote:
I spotted her with my own two eyes depositing eggs... (show quote)
Congratulations angela...
Jul 12, 2018 16:33:23 #
gregoryd45 wrote:
Very nice angela, good luck, hope there are lots of monarchs
Thanks, Gregory!!
Jul 12, 2018 16:34:55 #
PixelStan77 wrote:
You are a great Monarch Grandma. Congrats!You will get the Monarch Butterfly award for 2018.
OOOhhh... now that is so exciting, I didn't know there was such an award!!! But thank you kindly, Stan for your wonderful comment!!
Jul 12, 2018 16:37:37 #
rmorrison1116 wrote:
That's a beautiful Monarch. Have fun raising them.... (show quote)
LOL... well, I'm glad you set her straight!!! Monarchs will visit your yard and land on flowers for a sip, but they will never lay their eggs on anything but milkweed.
I appreciate your visit and comment... there will be poop everywhere!! LOL..
Jul 12, 2018 16:38:52 #
Tom DePuy wrote:
Congratulations angela...
Thank you so much, Tom, that was so sweet of you to think of me!!!! I love your card!!!
Jul 12, 2018 18:04:05 #
Congrats, Angela!! Hope you hear the pitter patter of lots of little butter feet very soon!
Jul 12, 2018 18:34:06 #
Dixiegirl wrote:
Congrats, Angela!! Hope you hear the pitter patter of lots of little butter feet very soon!
LOL... I did start a nursery box with 6 eggs and that tiny cat... and when they get bigger, I'm buying a butterfly cage I saw on Amazon.. I think it will make this process much easier than what I have now.
Thanks for your Congrats, Donna... it should be fun!!!
Jul 12, 2018 18:37:29 #
angela k wrote:
LOL... I did start a nursery box with 6 eggs and that tiny cat... and when they get bigger, I'm buying a butterfly cage I saw on Amazon.. I think it will make this process much easier than what I have now.
Thanks for your Congrats, Donna... it should be fun!!!
Thanks for your Congrats, Donna... it should be fun!!!
Jul 12, 2018 21:26:57 #
Jul 12, 2018 21:57:33 #
kpmac wrote:
Angela, you have become the Jane Goodall of the Monarchs. They love you.
Ken, I do feel a strong connection with them and I'm honored to be able to help them.... it almost makes me want to get a monarch tattoo!!
I found 7 eggs and that tiny cat... so I started a nursery box for them.
Jul 12, 2018 22:35:01 #
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