They were soo teeny tiny...
and very very hungry...
Chompin' on the Milkweed ~
Every morning and every night we would give them a fresh stalk of milkweed leaves.
And they grew and they grew and they grew...
Last night they were devouring every leaf in sight as fast as we could put it in their habitat, leaving only the stem of the milkweeds...(and there ARE 11 of them!)
And today, they ate barely anything...
it turns out, in preparation for making their chrysalis!
(See that green chrysalis in the center of the picture underneath the striped monarch Caterpillar that is folding himself in half to make HIS own chrysalis?
Here's a close up...
Yep...the very hungry caterpillars are getting ready for the big transformation!
Now we watch for them to turn black...
And I only know this because of the research we did LAST year when we first stumbled upon this super fun nature experience....
And then we will have a family of 11 Monarchs hanging around our backyard garden...(at least we hope they'll stick around!)
The simple things that bring me peace...
Too bad everything isn't this simple & easy & fun ...
1 comments:
We have only found a few eggs on our milkweed - I thought for sure after seeing your pics that we'd be able to find at least one caterpillar that had hatched somewhere in our park, but no luck yet!
The kids are excited to get started!
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