vitrsna said:Ceci...is this the first time you have hosted Monarchs and their caterpillars?
No Beverly ! I have had caterpillars many years, since I grow asclepias.
I still remember the first time my sons discovered them. They were small children and came exited to tell me that they had seen "striped worms ". It was a good moment to teach them what a caterpillar was. We observed them every day and then we began to find some chrysalis. We could also observe some butterfly emerging from them. It was a good lesson about nature.
I am worried because I have not seen caterpillars yet, and I have seen the monarchs laying their eggs since the beginning of the Summer. Is it possible that some insect could be eating the eggs? I have only seen some ants on the asclepias.
