The monarch butterflies have finally made it up here. The first egg in our house hatched on January 31. This is a picture of a just hatched caterpillar, with mechanical pencil lead for scale. Also if you can make it out, that white blob at the tip of the pencil is the egg case.
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| This guy is about a week old |
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| This is after 3 or 4 days of munching milkweed |
They grow for 2-3 weeks or so and then spend another 3 in a chrysalis. We should have butterflies starting in mid September.
But butterflies aren't the only winged creatures that define our summer; the hummingbirds are finally in full swing. Based on how constantly they're feeding, I think there might be fledgelings coming to visit.
*This post by Emily, regardless of what it says below
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