I came home from the store Thursday to see a Monarch butterfly flitting around my milkweed plants. I haven't had the chance to look for eggs because I had to have stuff for the swap meet but I'll be looking tomorrow if I get a chance. I know it's not one of the several that I had here last year but maybe it's one of the grand or great grand children of my butterflies.
It also means the garden won't get worked up like I wanted. The tiller is out of commission and I don't want to destroy the milkweed that is growing there. I'll just have to work around it.
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I've spotted 1 monarch so far. It was nectaring on on a coneflower. There are enough flowers for bees and butterflies for nectaring, and plenty of milkweeds between ones I have growing, and the starts ready for market. Last year didn't see eggs and cats until later, even end of summer.
Interesting in checking the butterfly count from yesterday in a natural area (park) just N of town, just 3 monarchs spotted.
Meanwhile I spotted not 1 but 6 huge green tomato worms on a tomato plant this AM. That plant has been stressed in this past weeks heat, and I am sure the caterpillar invasion didn't help!
Interesting in checking the butterfly count from yesterday in a natural area (park) just N of town, just 3 monarchs spotted.
Meanwhile I spotted not 1 but 6 huge green tomato worms on a tomato plant this AM. That plant has been stressed in this past weeks heat, and I am sure the caterpillar invasion didn't help!
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