Date: 04/19/2016

Number: 8

NOTICED THAT SOME OF MY MILKWEED LEAVES HAD BEEN EATEN THIS MORNING, AND I WENT OUTSIDE TO LOOK. THE PLANT WAS COVERED WITH AT LEAST 8 TO 10 VERY DEVELOPED CATERPILLARS WHO WERE QUICKLY EATING THE PLANT. AS I HAD SEEN THE MONARCH VISITING JUST YESTERDAY, I REALIZED IF SHE LAID EGGS, THE CATERPILLARS WERE EATING THEM ALONG WITH THE PLANT. I DECIDED THAT I NEED MORE MILKWEED SO BOUGHT TWO MORE THAT I PLACED IN ANOTHER AREA IN POTS SO I CAN ROTATE THEM IN AND OUT OF THE GARDEN, THUS ALWAYS HAVING A PLANT FOR THE MONARCH TO USE. I ALSO PLANTED THE SEEDS FROM THE MILKWEED POD THAT HAD OPENED ON THE PLANT BEFORE THE CATS ATE ALL OF THEM TOO. THERE WERE AT LEAST 4 SEEDS STILL THERE TO PLANT.

Cape Coral, FL

Latitude: 26.7 Longitude: -82

Observed by: Marsha
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