Today all the eggs have hatched. I was a bit surprised since they came from different plants, but maybe that single Monarch I saw that appeared to be laying eggs did so all over the back yard.
Sadly, I do not have a good camera to show them off–this shot was the best I could do (and one of them is on the underside of the leaf anyhoo.)
Continue reading “All five itty bitty baby monarch eggs hatched!”
Since I had seen my first Monarch of the year earlier in the week, I knew at some point I should be looking for eggs. Continue reading “Another round of Monarch Guardianship”
I’ve seen very few Monarch butterflies so far this year, and each time I have it’s only been one at a time in the yard. Today, I finally found some eggs. Four eggs are now in their respective containers, and only time will tell how many more eggs I may find this year.
Continue reading “My 2021 attempt at Monarch Guardianship has begun”
Before tucking the Monarch incubator containers under a tea towel for the night so artificial light doesn’t interfere with their sense of direction, I checked them all for dryness and development. Continue reading “Firstborn of the nine”
Very foggy this morning, but that didn’t deter me from looking. I still have no idea if the Monarch butterfly I saw yesterday was male or female, but I did find eggs in the area of one of our common milkweed patches where it was flitting about.
I knew one of the nine chrysalides in the “eclosurie”1 would likely open this morning as the chrysalis was a shade of transparent I’ve come to know fairly well.
The question–as always–was…when? Continue reading “We are both so tired.”
Compared to last year, it feels like the flood gates have opened as far as egg and cat finding and that’s brought about some challenges for me related to keeping track of them. I am aware that there are folks that are raising significantly more than me, and I am amazed at them. Before I get into organization, here’s a peek at the current older instars in their keeper.
The weather finally came through to break the short heat wave we ‘d had. Rains most of the day, and I could not get the timing right to look for eggs between them. Continue reading “Hatching eggs on a rainy day”
While we were doing our evening watering, I startled a Monarch butterfly as I was wending through the one common milkweed patch that is overtaking a path. Then I watched fascinated as it flitted back to a plant within breathing distance, and laid an egg right in front of me. Continue reading “Later update on the growing foster family.”
