Date: 12/28/2024

Number: 3

One caterpillar in its 5th instar was in a yellow milkweed (Asclepias tuberosa) plant that had unexpectedly grown in the garden.

Two caterpillars where on my native narrow leaf milkweed plant (Asclepias fascicularis) that I grow in containers each year in the garden.

I have never seen caterpillars this late here in the Bay Area on my milkweed plants. The plants fortunately still have stems and a few leaves for all the caterpillars to have enough food to get to their chrysalis phase.

We have a few monarchs that overwinter in the trees in back of the house each year. There are Eucalyptus trees and other species of trees that they take shelter in.

Kensington, CA

Latitude: 37.9 Longitude: -122.3

Observed by: Angelica
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