Last year it was pretty late...and I don't know if we've EVER had Monarchs (eggs!) in May,
here in Minnesota, in the Gust Gardens...
But last night, as I was milling around my yard, trying to de-stress and unwind...
I spotted not one, not two, but THREE! THREE MILKWEED EGGS!
(Here are two of them.)
May 25th, 2015!
I have yet to see a Monarch this season - but they must be around somewhere?
Some of my baby swamp milkweed has been chomped up already, though I haven't seen any hatched cats yet...
I'm seeing tons of swallowtails, and I sure hope they take residence in my dill I've planted just for them...time will tell!
For now, they are loving our lilac bushes...I'm glad someone does, because I want to dig those out!
Monarchs are getting a lot of local attention, with the Kare11 folks highlighting it, and I've had some questions asked of me as of late too...
So for those of you wondering what I do when I find the Monarch eggs...
Well, that depends...but something new I started last year is plucking the leaf off the plant
and then placing that on a damp napkin on a styrofoam plate.
and then placing that on a damp napkin on a styrofoam plate.
(or just cutting out the egg still attached to the leaf...again, depends on many things, weather, how many Monarchs I have, how much milkweed I have currently growing, etc...)
More posts you might enjoy about Monarchs here in Minnesota -
we've been doing this a long time now...and we just love it!
We think we started in 2010...
and
and from last season, when I went a little nuts and got my own little greenhouse to modify and use as a butterfly house.......
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