From Monarch Eggs to Monarch Butterflies
Sep 2, 2016 10:18:35 #
Hi, I'm Butch from Bklyn NY. Nice photos. Maybe you can help me. Our school has a Monarch Way Station. This morning I saw these Catipillars on our tropical milkweed. Are these monarchs???
Sep 2, 2016 11:43:29 #
Hi Butch, thank you. I'm from Buffalo and am not familiar with Tropical Milkweed. Those don't look like Monarch caterpillars to me. Monarch caterpillars are yellow, black and white striped and aren't 'furry'. I hope this helps. :)
Sep 2, 2016 12:33:54 #
Thanks, that helped a lot. We are a public school in Bklyn and we grew a butterfly garden and developed it into a Monarch Way Station. Would you mind if we called on you From time to time if we need to know something. You could be our Monarch expert! We're thinking about ordering some Catipillars this fall. We have a FB page"54 Monarch PRIDE". Like us. Here is a pic of tropical milkweed
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Sep 2, 2016 13:35:27 #
butchgarrison wrote:
ðð¾. Thanks Denise, I'll let the Green Guerrillas read this.
Butch
Butch
This is the milkweed that we have around these parts...
Sep 2, 2016 13:37:00 #
Sep 2, 2016 13:58:37 #
Monarch season is pretty much winding down now. I think they start laying their eggs in July... Have you found any Monarch eggs?
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Sep 2, 2016 14:29:00 #
No, we live in the urban jungle. We be spotted a couple of Monarchs this summer. I'm going to get the Kinder and 1st grade to raise some that we can get online. We have enough milkweed to raise a few. They are expensive though
Sep 2, 2016 14:41:13 #
These are annuals but reseed themselves in the spring. Unfortunately, the Monarchs are becoming endangered because their only food source, the Milkweed, is becoming scarce due to 'development'. If there is any way possible, next spring, plant a milkweed garden so it will attract Monarchs wanting to lay eggs. Milkweed is usually found on roadsides or in fields that have a lot of direct sun. If I can, I will try to find some milkweed pods outside and then send them to you...When you are in a field, milkweed is easy to spot because it's broad leafed foliage is a yellowy green compared to the darkness of the rest of the foliage in the field.
Sep 2, 2016 14:42:52 #
butchgarrison wrote:
No, we live in the urban jungle. We be spotted a couple of Monarchs this summer. I'm going to get the Kinder and 1st grade to raise some that we can get online. We have enough milkweed to raise a few. They are expensive though
What is expensive? Getting the Monarch caterpillars on line?
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