Date: 08/03/2017

Number: 1

I released Monarch Butterfly number 23 for the year today, a beautiful large male. I think it was an egg I missed on small Common Milkweed cuttings I brought in to feed my caterpillars. I must have missed it looking the small milkweed over before I cut it. Somehow it survived the milkweed rinsing over the sink. When all the others were in chrysalis, suddenly this 2nd instar caterpillar appeared one day. I got to raise this one too and probably save its life.
It is advised by experts for the health of the wild Monarch Butterfly population, that people should only raise one generation of Monarch Butterflies during the year. So, I am trying to stick to this and I am stopping raising them this year. I may try to help very late caterpillars by bringing them inside as temperatures get cold in September or October.

Harpswell, ME

Latitude: 43.8 Longitude: -70

Observed by: Jaremy
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