Date: 09/10/2015

Number: 10

Good Grief! Returned from the holiday and found that the substantial number of leaves and flowers on my "Hairy Balls" milkweed had been consumed by the Monarch caterpillars. A few leaves were trying to re-sprout, but the cats did not seem interested in them. I moved remaining cats to Swamp Milkweed. Hope they can make the transition without a problem. Larvae on the regular tropical milkweed seem to disappear regularly. I do not know if they make it to chrysalis or not. There is plenty of evidence of nibbles, but some days a larger cat will disappear, but I do not think it large enough to have wandered off to pupate. So much to learn. At least there seem to be more this year. Some fresh eggs too.

Joplin, MO

Latitude: 37.1 Longitude: -94.5

Observed by: Valerie
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