Date: 08/25/2020

Number: 22

22 monarch caterpillars at different instars being raised in outdoor habitat. They are hungry!!

July 28th noticed a female laying eggs in our garden. August 10th, I found one caterpillar on the milkweed. Out of all the eggs she laid only one caterpillar survived. That�s when I decided to rear this baby outdoors. I believe the birds etc had feasted on them. On August 20th she/he turned into a chrysalis!

On August 9th, again we witnessed a female laying eggs on my milkweed In mini potted plants, I immediately placed those in the habitat to raise. Of those eggs there were 24 in total. Sadly; two caterpillars died this week. They were at the 2nd instar phase.
I found three more eggs on other plants but those eggs never hatched.

Halifax, NS

Latitude: 44.7 Longitude: -63.5

Observed by: Shawna
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