Monarch caterpillar wiggle dance
We finally got to witness a monarch caterpillar that was in "j" position shed its skin for the final time. This was monarch caterpillar...
More monarch adventures
As I posted on Sunday, we released the first of our seventeen butterflies that we are raising from caterpillars we found on our milkweed...
First monarch emerged from its chrysalis yesterday
The first chrysalis from our current group of monarch caterpillars emerged yesterday! It was in chrysalis mode for 14 days. The photo...
In search of milkweed for the hungry caterpillars
As you can imagine, seventeen monarch caterpillars can eat a lot of milkweed. We only had the two narrow leaf milkweed plants....
Life with the monarch caterpillars
Happy monarch caterpillar munching on the base of a milkweed leaf Today three more monarch caterpillars developed in chrysalides. Now we...
And even more monarch caterpillars!
So I was just checking the second narrow leaf milkweed plant on the patio, and look what I discovered. More monarch caterpillars! This is...
mama monarch butterfly?
There is a beautiful monarch butterfly that often visits the patio and front yard. Here she is feeding on nectar in a California Delta...
The American Lady butterfly
An American Lady butterfly Vanessa virginiensis spent a lot of time on the patio visiting flowers for nectar. I haven't seen it on cosmos...
More monarch caterpillars, oh my!
Look what I found on one of our Narrow Leaf Milkweed plants this morning. I couldn't believe my eyes when I discovered this monarch...
How to attract hundreds of pollinators to your garden
After developing a mostly native plant garden in our current home, I now know which are the prime plants that will attract local...
