I have seen a Monarch butterfly flitting around the yard for the last couple of weeks. Then, today, as Drew was watering the Swamp Milkweed he spotted a caterpillar!
Mind you we only have two stems of the swamp milkweed which has the traditional milkweed flowers and is one of the few preferable milkweed plants to grow for Monarchs.
Drew thinks that the caterpillar is in the 3rd or 4th instar phase of development. I am going to name it Mildred!
But, who knows. The caterpillar was cupped in the leaf, a breeze was blowing and traffic was speeding by. We had a heck of a time getting usable photos.
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