2026 has been a surprisingly good year for Monarch caterpillars and butterflies (so far)   We launched 30 butterflies by mid March. It's been a strange year for the monarch butterfly migration at our place.  We didn’t get any caterpillars the fall like you’d expect. We got one in October, a handful in November and more in December.  In January, we were finding caterpillars every time we checked the milkweed. We had over 20 caterpillars in the enclosure.   Caring for that ma

The cocoons opened about a week later. I spooked several monarchs before I could film them on Friday. Had less luck on Saturday. One...

I've been growing milkweed to provide habitat for the Monarch Butterfly. Had some success in June with 5 butterflies grown. This is a...