Date: 08/17/2021

Number: 11

11 Monarch caterpillars of various instars checking the milkweed plants in my gardens near the house.

Butterfly Milkweed: 9
Swamp Milkweed: 2

My Common Milkweed patch got repeatedly decimated by deer this year so I don’t think there was ever any there.
Hopefully they can all start their migration mid-late September if the temperatures stay warm enough consistently when they emerge as butterflies.
I think these will be the final caterpillars here this year as I haven’t observed any evidence of egg laying, just Monarch adults nectaring.

Brownfield, ME

Latitude: 43.9 Longitude: -70.9

Observed by: Jaremy
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