Can you see them!?

But first, a sad note. The first caterpillar I found has gone missing :( I don't know what happened, but I went out to check on him, and the plant he had been on was kinda pushed over, and he was gone :( I'm really sad. I hope he's okay!! But, for the good news! I found two more this morning!!

I'm guessing from their sizes that the one on the left is about 2-3 days old, and the one on the left hatched sometime yesterday. Can you believe how small they are!?

I couldn't get a good shot :( It was really windy, so i couldn't hold the camera still enough. But I'll keep trying!

Lisa, The Nature Nut apparently!

It HATCHED!!!!!

One of my eggs has hatched!! I can NOT believe how wee they are!!

This is on Day One. See that little hole? that's what he ate that day :)

Found another egg! :)

Day Two!! Notice how much more he's eaten? There's two holes in the leaf now!!

If you click on the picture you'll get to see the Awesome detail!! the pics are huge though!

Lisa

Right under my nose!

So, I was in the back yard with the kids the other day...as we are most every day now that the nice weather is here! I looked over into one of the gardens, and thougt to myself "Hmmm...that looks an awful lot like a Milkweed Plant." Sure enough, when I broke off one of the leaves and the white fluid seeped out, I knew for sure that it was!! Why is this so exciting you ask? Well! remember last summer? When we raised butterflies?! And I told you that the only thing Monarch butterlfies eat is Milkweed?! Well, I have some!!!

So then I thought to myself, "Hmmm....I saw Monarchs in North Bay and one here the other day, I wonder if they are laying eggs yet?" So, off I went to investigate. And I found about 7 of these little beauties!! Right in my own back yard!!

I can't believe how teeny tiny they are!! I'm so excited to be able to watch the process from pretty much day one! The caterpillars shed their skin a few times before finally turning into a Chrysalis...and I missed all that with the other ones we had last year.

So, stay tuned for updates!!!

Lisa