The milkweed plant in my meadow helped increase the Monarch butterfly population this year. I found five caterpillars munching away on it. They pretty much decimated the plant but that's why I planted it. Besides, the plant seems to be recovering now. Of the five caterpillars, I only found one chrysalis but I'm guessing the others just found better places to hide because I certainly have been seeing more Monarchs around!
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That is really neat- I like the butterfly picture! When we were over at Erika's the neighbor's trees were loaded with hundreds of monarchs-must have been migrating. It was really impressive. Mom
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