Date: 09/09/2020

Number: 4

I started putting some Monarch caterpillars in net cages in recent years, as otherwise it seems so many get eaten by the birds. I enjoy seeing them create their chrysalis and especially enjoy seeing them emerge from the chrysalis.

Best of all is when we release them, and we see them start their journey south. One year we had 2 hurricanes back to back and I had to keep the emerged butterflies for longer than usual, so I scoured my yard for flowers to put in the net enclosure for them to snack on the nectar until the hurricanes passed.

Greensboro, NC

Latitude: 36.1 Longitude: -79.9

Observed by: Joanne
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