Date: 12/05/2020

Number: 1

This Monarch was in my backyard on some Red and Yellow Milkweed that I grew in a pot outside. As the weather was starting to get cold, I put the milkweed pot in my greenhouse on November 24th, so that the larvae could get larger. I had a butterfly popup from some Painted Ladies that we helped many years ago and used it to put the larvae in when I saw it get off the milkweed on Dec. 3rd. On Dec. 4th, it had climbed to the top of the popup tent and started to form a �J.� On the morning of Dec. 5th, it had formed a chrysalis. It is still in chrysalis in my greenhouse now. I expect it to come out of chrysalis any day now. I am really not sure if I should feed it nectar (sugar water or orange slices) for a while until we get a warm day or really what to do with it. I can keep it in the popup in the greenhouse as long as necessary. Any advice would be helpful. This is my second time to do this. The first one, a male, flew away on a nice day on November 27th. Please contact me with advice. Thank you. Ellen L.

Richmond Hill, GA

Latitude: 31.9 Longitude: -81.3

Observed by: Ellen
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