I doubt the new plant will last long either! Last summer we had to buy some more plants and put them under netting to prevent eggs. We relocated caterpillars there as they grew and opened it up when they were pupating.
There's a park not far from me where monarch butterflies stay over winter. There aren't large numbers but it's very pleasant to see them on a sunny day. It was fun showing them to my daughter last weekend. Cheers, Dave > On Jul 16, 2020, at 5:11 PM, Daniel J. Matyola <danmaty...@gmail.com> wrote: > > My Monarch pupae have been growing faster than I had expected. I hadn't > looked at them last night, and this morning, after my Zoom meeting, they > had really plumped out, and there was nothing left of the milkweed plant > but a few stems. I carefully moved them out of the butterfly cage, cleared > it out, and put in a new plant. I carefully moved them on to the new > milkweed, and they immediately proceeded to attack in en masse. > > http://dan-matyola.squarespace.com/danmatyolas-pesos/2020/7/16/feeding-frenzy > > K-5 IIs, smc 100 mm Macro F 2.8 > Comments are invited and appreciated. > > Dan Matyola > *https://tinyurl.com/DJM-Pentax-Gallery > <https://tinyurl.com/DJM-Pentax-Gallery>* > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
