Tuesday, July 23, 2019

Summer fun - not yarn related.....

Female Monarch #58 from 2018
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Female Monarch eclosed July 23, 2019

For the past few summers, I have been growing milkweed and  raising monarch butterflies! (AKA reliving 5th grade science class)....

Last summer I raised and released 133 monarchs!

This summer, my numbers wont be as high because the rain in the spring delayed their arrival, although my milkweed patch was spectacular! So far I have raised and released 10 (9 of these eclosed in the last 2 days) and I have about 20 more in various stages in protective custody (so that the predators don't eat them)....
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Male Monarch from 2015....


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Female monarch eclosed July 22, 2019